Next time you have a basic, general question about this war that's costing us hundreds of billions of dollars and tying up 160,000 of our troops, swallow that sucker back down. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Lawrence Butler will tell you, "questions which go to the broad nature of our bilateral relationship with Iraq are best answered in a classified setting." The general outline of the situation in Iraq is far too sensitive to be shared with taxpayers.
