We've spent a lot of blood and treasure here. We regard Iraq's success to be our success. And God forbid, Iraq's failure will also be ours.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker states that the success or failure of the Iraq mission is directly tied to American success or failure.
- In plain terms
- Iraq's success is our success, and their failure would also be ours.
- What can you take from it?
- National interests are linked to foreign outcomes in shared projects.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do nations share responsibility?
- What defines success in foreign policy?
Another view
This perspective frames complex international events as binary shared outcomes.
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