Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 Iraq 50 troop levels 49 Rumsfeld 47 Gen Stanley McChrystal 46 troops 46 troop drawdowns 45 Gen Petraeus 45 Afghanistan 45 troop surge 44 Petraeus 43 Pentagon 43 troop deployments 43 troop buildup 43 troop escalation 43 topple Saddam Hussein 43 Gen. Petraeus 43 troop 43 Ambassador Khalilzad 42 Abizaid 42 military 42 Cordesman 42 Militaries 42 NIEs 42 Donald Rumsfeld 42 commanders 42 Iraqis 42 Admiral Fallon 42 depose Saddam Hussein 41 Gen McChrystal 41 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 41 troop withdrawals 41 XVIII Airborne Corps 41 Troop Withdrawal 41 Bush 41 Bushâ € ™ 40 troop dispatch 40 Michael O'Hanlon 40 FLEISCHER 40 General Dannatt 40 General Tommy Franks 40 war 40 Krepinevich 40 gradual drawdown 40 Odierno 40 RUMSFELD 39 FLEISCHER Well 39 Donald H. Rumsfeld 39 counterinsurgency 39 NATO 39 lone superpower 39 pre emptive strikes 39 Gen. Tommy Franks 39 McChrystal 39 troop withdrawal 39 National Intelligence Estimate 39 oust Saddam Hussein 39 troop reductions 39 troop redeployment 39 troop reinforcements 39 armed forces 39 Robert Gates 39 Admiral Mullen 38 Wolfowitz 38 troop drawdown 38 Iran 38 spokesman Ari Fleischer 38 Defense Donald Rumsfeld 38 envoy Zalmay Khalilzad 38 withdrawal timetables 38 President George W.Bush 38 overthrowing Saddam Hussein 38 Iraqi 38 Bob Ainsworth 38 disarm Saddam Hussein 38 troop deployment 38 toppling Saddam Hussein 38 General Stanley McChrystal 37 armchair generals 37 counter insurgency 37 SECRETARY POWELL 37 insurgency 37 Shia militias 37 Dubik 37 Douglas Lute 37 STEPHANOPOULOS 37 combat brigades 37 miltary 37 Nato 37 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 37 mass destruction WMDs 37 counterinsurgency strategy 37 WMDs 37 Provincial Reconstruction Teams 37 U.N. 37 Gen. McChrystal 37 Blix 36 JOHN SHOVELAN 36 overthrew Saddam Hussein 36 George W 36 missile defenses 36 generals