Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 55 precipitous withdrawal 54 hasty withdrawal 49 Abizaid 46 phased redeployment 45 troop surge 45 troop withdrawal 44 Iraq 44 troop escalation 44 destabilizing 44 Gen Petraeus 44 civil strife 44 troop levels 43 troop drawdown 43 phased withdrawal 43 troop withdrawals 43 destabilize 43 Gen. Petraeus 42 destabilization 42 Petraeus 42 embolden 42 defeatist 41 RUSSERT 41 redeployments 41 STEPHANOPOULOS 40 toppling Saddam Hussein 40 troop reductions 40 combat brigades 40 unwinnable war 40 troop withdrawal timetable 40 disarming Hezbollah 40 precipitate 40 Rumsfeld 39 Sunni Shia 39 redeployment 39 Hoyer D Md 39 Stanley McChrystal 39 troop buildup 39 gradual withdrawal 39 Cordesman 39 SECRETARY POWELL 39 Warner R Va 39 Iraqs 39 drawdown 39 Tony Blankley 39 Michele Flournoy 39 instability 39 radical Islamism 39 JIM LEHRER 39 Anthony Cordesman 39 BLITZER 38 defeatists 38 troop pullout 38 minister Hoshyar Zebari 38 Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon 38 McChrystal 38 Turkish incursion 38 unintended consequences 38 raging insurgency 38 interventionism 38 domino theory 38 RUMSFELD 38 Af Pak 38 Sharon disengagement 38 Afghanistan 38 balkanization 38 Talat Masood 38 Gen McChrystal 38 ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 38 catastrophic consequences 38 Majority Leader Steny Hoyer 38 Islamofascists 37 Marine battalions 37 intervene militarily 37 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 37 troops 37 quagmire 37 exit 37 DAVID BROOKS 37 neoconservatives 37 pullout 37 Khalilzad 37 Admiral Mullen 37 Donald Rumsfeld 37 catastrophic 37 Ozkok 37 FLEISCHER 37 disastrous consequences 37 emboldening 37 Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt 37 rejectionists 37 destabilized 37 isolationism 36 Admiral Fallon 36 GWEN IFILL 36 dishearten 36 neocons 36 topple Saddam Hussein 36 Peter Schoomaker 36 sectarian violence 36 Sens. Richard Lugar 36 withdrawal