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Exiting Iraq: A Discussion In an ongoing Weekend Edition Saturday series, generals, diplomats, bureaucrats and political scientists offer their perspective on the war in Iraq... and speculate on the most reasonable strategy for a U.S. exit.
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Exiting Iraq: A Discussion

Exiting Iraq: Isam Al-Khaffaji's View

Iraqi social scientist Isam al-Khaffaji would put international troops in Iraq's turbulent cities and move U.S. forces to the nation's borders. He says that would be a vital first step toward a useful U.S. exit strategy.

Exiting Iraq: Isam Al-Khaffaji's View

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Exiting Iraq: Larry Diamond's View

Larry Diamond of the Hoover Institute worked for Iraq's Coalition Provisional Government in 2004. He says U.S. forces are keeping the civil war from getting worse, even as their presence energizes the insurgency. He recommends a negotiated withdrawal and dialogue with secular Sunni insurgents over their role in the future government -- especially in Anbar province.

Exiting Iraq: Larry Diamond's View

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Exiting Iraq: Gen. William Odom's View

Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, U.S. Army (Ret.) -- former director of the National Security Agency -- says it's dangerous to build an Iraqi army until there's a stable government. And he warns that Iraq will make its decisions "with a gun, not a vote."

Exiting Iraq: Gen. William Odom's View

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Exiting Iraq: Sir Jeremy Greenstock's View

Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former British ambassador to the U.N., was also special representative to Iraq during the first year of the U.S.-led occupation. He says Iraq needs stronger central security before U.S., U.K. can consider leaving.

Exiting Iraq: Sir Jeremy Greenstock's View

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Exiting Iraq: Maj. Gen. John Batiste's View

In the fifth in a series of interviews about a U.S. exit strategy for Iraq, retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste says he believes the U.S. has failed in Iraq, but should stay there. However, he says Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld must go.

Exiting Iraq: Maj. Gen. John Batiste's View

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Exiting Iraq: Ambassador Galbraith's View

Peter Galbraith, former ambassador to Croatia and author of The End of Iraq, joins a series of conversations on the U.S. end game in Iraq. Galbraith finds it inevitable that Iraq will divide into three regions: Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites, and says U.S. authorities should accept that.

Exiting Iraq: Ambassador Galbraith's View

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Exiting Iraq: Shibley Telhami's View

In the third in a series of conversations on the U.S. end game in Iraq, professor Shibley Telhami of the University of Maryland says the war in Iraq cannot be viewed in isolation from other conflicts and tensions in the region.

Exiting Iraq: Shibley Telhami's View

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Exiting Iraq: Frederick Kagan's View

In the second in a series of discussion on the U.S. end game in Iraq, military historian and scholar Frederick Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute says the U.S. needs more troops in Iraq to defeat the insurgency.

Exiting Iraq: Frederick Kagan's View

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Exiting Iraq: Zbigniew Brzezinski's View

In the first of a series of interviews with strategists who suggest plans to end U.S. involvement in Iraq, Zbigniew Brzezinski -- national security advisor to President Carter -- details a four-point program for disengagement.

Exiting Iraq: Zbigniew Brzezinski's View

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