"The key word in 'exit strategy' is not 'exit' but 'strategy,'" said Max Cleland, the former Democratic senator from Georgia who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam. At a recent congressional hearing, Cleland warned that the United States must plan its withdrawal before U.S. forces have to pile into helicopters and beat a hasty retreat from a besieged Green Zone in Baghdad. "We need an exit strategy that we choose -- or it will certainly be chosen for us," Cleland said. "I've seen this movie before. I know how it ends." [italics are Spot's]
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