WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday he is bracing for even more violence in Iraq and acknowledged that the insurgency "could go on for any number of years."
Defeating the insurgency may take as long as 12 years, he said, with Iraqi security forces, not U.S. and foreign troops, taking the lead and finishing the job.
The assessment comes on the heels of the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll showing public doubts about the war reaching a high point with more than half saying that invading Iraq was a mistake.
(AP)
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Rumsfeld: Insurgency Could Last for Years
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with the way the troops are dying off we won't have anyone left to finish the job,get real Rumsfeld
I guess it's time for all good Americans who care for these troops in Iraq and not just saying they care because it is the right thing to say, to pressure this administration to get these kids home as soon as possible and I don't mean 12 years I mean 6 months before we loose more people. The President and vice President along with Rumsfeld and Karl Rove should hang their heads in shame for the lies and mistrustthat they have showed. T.A.
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