Rumsfeld: Iraq Could Face Insurgents for 12 Years

Rumsfeld: Iraq Could Face Insurgents for 12 Years

"We're not going to win against the insurgency. The Iraqi people are going to win against the insurgency. That insurgency could go on for any number of years. Insurgencies tend to go on five, six, eight, 10, 12 years."

What was Rice saying about a "generational commitment?"

With the right government, twelve years from now we could be well past our Manhattan Project of energy independence and completely out of the Middle East... now that would be a MULTI-generational commitment.

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