Why (anyone) would want to move against us in an overt manner that would cause us to use our air or naval power against them would be beyond me... We can generate more military power per square inch than anybody else on Earth, and everybody knows it... If you ever even contemplate our nuclear capability, it should give everybody the clear understanding that there is no power that can match the United States militarily,
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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.
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I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people.
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In terms of overall strength of the insurgency, I would say it is the same as it was,
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We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.
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When we continue to pick at the wound and show the pictures over and over again it just creates the image a false image like this is the sort of stuff that is happening anew, and it's not,
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So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.
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Today we provided two more heavy-lift helicopters that can come over from Afghanistan ... We've got about 13 more that are over there that are coming forward. We will eventually get about 25 more over here. We are bringing in as much as we can,
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The international community needs to continue to help and you can certainly count on the United States to continue to help as well,
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There is always a possibility that things could deteriorate,
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But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people like Karbala, or 5 million like Baghdad, you can't be in all places at all times.
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