John Vines
John Vines
Lieutenant General John Randolph Vinesis the former commander of the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and Multi-National Corps – Iraq...
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The primary security for this referendum and the national election ... will be provided for by Iraqi security forces,
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Certainly, soldiers are concerned about whether or not they enjoy the support of not only their elected representatives but the people. And they know that they have their support,
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The loss of any innocent life, indeed any life, is tragic, ... What we must never do is deprive a soldier in harm's way the ability to protect himself and his fellow soldiers.
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But after all, we are a democracy, and that is what democracy is about, is people will have differences of opinion.
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The loss of any innocent life, indeed any life, is tragic,
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the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces, the capability of the government to support those forces in the field, the state of the insurgency and a whole range of conditions.
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Of course the debate and the bitterness is disturbing. But, after all, we are a democracy, and that is what democracy is about ... people will have differences of opinion,
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Of course the debate and the bitterness is disturbing,
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I know that our recommendations will be based on conditions here in-country. They will not be based on the things that you allude to,
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The problem is that the security mission goes on here. And if we take some out, those that are left are at some risk. It increases their risk,