We have see a sustained and continuing trend of decreasing violence for a significant period of time before we start reducing our troop levels. And at that point when we can start reducing troop levels we have to provide continued and long term financial support to ensure that the country gets through several decades of progress. Otherwise it'll go the way of Afghanistan where the drastically reduced support left a vacuum that was filled by anti-american religious extremists.
"Winning" will take a long time. And it has to be a gradual reduction of support as the Iraqi government gains its footing and establishes itself as a long term and sustainable entity.
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