strength and the fact that we have lost almost 4,500 lives there and 1.5 or $1.7 trillion. we have the commitment, we have the strength to be able to get maliki to sign a status of forces agreement. the president said he wanted to get that done, and he didn't. and his failure to achieve that is one of the things that has led to the kind of crisis we're seeing today. >> isn't the factor though going back if you look at administrations from the bush administration setting maliki up to lead the country, that we would train, that we would put political pressure on the government to have an inclusive, multiethnic government, and to have democracy in iraq, that we had forces there to create that reality. we would stand them up so that america could stand down. isn't it ultimately up to the iraqis politically to take care