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I am a realist. We are in Iraq. We face an insurgency bent on driving us out of Iraq. In the words of Colin Powell: "We break it, we fix it." The constitution has passed, all the more time to seriously discuss a timetable for withdrawl, we would not be saying to the insurgents "Well, time to go" we would be establishing a timetable for withdrawl from Iraq and easing american minds. The insurgents will not win if we approach our strategy differently and ask for UN help. Two things this president won't do.