But I explained to folks, listen, we need to defeat terrorism, and we are not going to do that effectively with troops in Iraq if the Iraqis themselves won't push out terrorists. There's not enough military might in the world to defeat terrorism in a country that won't fight for it for themselves. I said, we should redeploy it. We should invest in other anti terrorism methods. But being in Iraq is the wrong way to keep us safe. (44:09–44:15)
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Asserts that military force alone cannot defeat terrorism in a country unwilling to fight it.
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