Extremists from inside and outside the country want to stir an endless cycle of
violence, and al-Qaeda is operating and trying to open new fronts. Some seem to
have no interest in seeing the emergence of a strong, secure and democratic
Iraq. A violent minority is trying to tear down the institutions of peaceful
self government the Iraqis are trying to build.
This seems like slightly redundant information for a roomful of soldiers who, after the Vice President gets back on his plane, have to return to operations in a warzone. Is there anyone out there who doesn't know that al-Qaeda wants to kill Americans, and has a vested interest in destabilizing Iraq? Certainly one would think that, if anyone, a soldier in Iraq would have gotten that memo.
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He wasn't really talking to the soldiers. Rather, by talking in front of the soldiers, he was trying to say something to the rest of us. Yeah, it's pretty shabby.
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