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Not really true. The past rhetoric was: we stay as long as needed. Which was interpreted as: we stay as long as we like - by the Arab world. This obviously caused much agitation and reinforced the false idea that we are occupying Iraq.
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Not really true. While that was how the past rhetoric was, the later was an interpretation.
As long as it takes still applies, as long as it takes to develope the Iraqi Police to control the country and fight counter-insurgency warfare.