Does Iraq make America safer?

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 by Dave Winer.

Slate: "Republican Senator John Warner asked General David Petraeus whether the current strategy in Iraq 'will make America safer.'" 

Petraeus: "I believe that this is indeed the best course of action to achieve our objectives in Iraq." 

Warner repeated: "Does that make America safer?" 

Petraeus: "I don't know, actually."