for four years account american military commander in iraq who resisted the surge, the additional 30,000 american troops sent in by president bush in 2007. saying that no amount of incremental american military power, no more american lives expended. not to mention no more treasure invested in iraq would make any difference if there was no reconciliation amongst the peoples of iraq, the sectarian leaders of iraq who at that time in 2006, 2007, had failed to settle any of the fundamental issues between their communities in respect to the future of iraq. that remains true now under the shiite majority government off iraq which has been in my estimate utterly reckless about this issue. and now finds itself confronted with the possible return of a civil war. >> that's hard to hear.