http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8894375
"U.S. says Iraqis may fight rebels for years
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday that American forces would
not defeat Iraq's rebels but would make way for Iraqis to put down an
insurgency that could go on for a decade or more."
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But, but.....for the last couple of years Rummy has been saying these are
dead enders and losing. Said that the US need only be in country in large
numbers for a short time. Bush has been saying we are winning, after saying
we couldn't win during the campaign, etc, etc, etc.....
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