The longer we stay, the more problems we are going to have.

I think our involvement there has destabilized the Middle East. And the longer we stay there, I think the further destabilization will occur,

The longer we stay in Iraq, the more similarities will start to develop, meaning essentially that we are getting more and more bogged down, taking more and more casualties, more and more heated dissension and debate in the United States,

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.

That means they are either going to have to be in a position sometime next year to really step up in governing themselves, defending themselves, supporting themselves, or we can't continue to stay there indefinitely,