Reply #33: You need reading comprehension courses, I believe.

[Clark2008]

Where does he said "not withdrawing?" No where.

What he clearly says - and I'll repeat it again - is that fooling with troop numbers makes no difference without a political plan of action in place. That is ALL he said. Period. He didn't say he wouldn't leave. He didn't say he need to win militarily. He didn't say we should stay. ALL he said was that fiddling with troop numbers WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.

You put your emphasis on the wrong part of the sentence. Try reading it this way:

“It's not a matter of fiddling with troop levels,” Clark said.“It's a matter of politics inside Iraq and diplomacy in the region. ... You can lose what's going on militarily inside Iraq, but you can't win it militarily, either by putting more forces in or by pulling them out.”