happened. malini wilkes talked about it. i ll put it in context. from june to august, 265 army or police forces have been killed. that compares 180 that died from january to may. the violence has increased. if the iraqis can t form a government and the violence increases, the question is going to loom larger. two things have to happen. iraqis have to form a unified government and have some capability of dealing with al-qaeda in iraq but whatever insurgents remain. we ll know probably by spring of next year whether the two things have happened and probably by then if there is an iraqi government. it may ask for some u.s. forces to stay and liberty up to the president obama and military to decide what to do after that. many analysts that i ve talked to there should be a request of some form of u.s. military
went over the last hour and put it up on the screen. from june to august, 265 members of the iraqi police or military, meaning the army, have been killed in various forms of al-qaeda led violence. that compares with 180 who died as a result of that same kind of violence from january to may. so you definitely see an increase in violence as a political stalemate continues. those who want to sew sectarian division does and has in the past, may try to find that political opening or use that to exploit their own particular violent agenda. that is a concern. but as the president said in his weekly address, iraq is sovereign and has been for some time and it will chart its military and security future. so the president made it clear they re in charge and they ll have to figure it out themselves. gregg: all right. major garrett with a beautiful