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I actually thought his delivery was pretty smooth. My problem with the response is that he focused on what has gone wrong in Iraq, but did not respond to President Bush's challenge--namely, explain how we deal with the aftermath of a withdrawal. Okay if Webb ultimately believes in withdrawing the troops, but at this point in the debate he needs to at least entertain the biggest counterargument to such a policy: what about the disasterous consequences of leaving in defeat?

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