You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people.

But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation.

You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build.

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly.

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.