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Obviously What I Think Senator [john] Kerry Was Pointing To, Which Is Absolutely Correct, Which Is The Essential Part Of The Strategy Or A Key Component Or A Leg On The Stool, Is An Afghan Partner That Is Ready To Take Control Of Both The Security Situation In Afghanistan, And The Civilian Side Of That.

You Never Let A Serious Crisis Go To Waste. And What I Mean By That: It’s An Opportunity To Do Things You Think You Could Not Do Before.

At Some Point, Deliberation Begins To Look More Like Indecisiveness Which Then Becomes A Way Of Emboldening Our Enemies And Allies And Causing Our Allies To Question Our Resolve. So We Shouldn't Let One Component Of This Determine Our National Security Here Which Depends On Providing An Afghanistan Which Denies A Safe Haven To Terrorists As Well As Stabilizing Pakistan. Those Are Our Two National Security Interests At Stake In Afghanistan.

The Problem Is, You Have To Look At Afghanistan Also In A Global Context Where We've Canceled Basically Our Missile Defense System Undercutting The Czech Republic In Poland. We've I Think Not Dealt With Iran With The Kind Of Resolve That Would Show That We Understand The Nature Of That Threat.

No Officer Should Be Allowed To Behave As If They Are Above The Law, Just Because They Are Responsible For Upholding The Law.