We have an exit strategy. Our strategy is to kill as many terrorists as we can while training the Iraqis to take over their own security and to help them develop a representative government while we're doing all the other heavy lifting. When they're ready to run their own country, we'll exit. What part of that don't you understand, Senator Biden?
What is important to understand is that this is truly a life and death issue for the United States of America. The Cold War (including Vietnam) was really just a series of "proxy wars" between America and the Soviets, neither side would be destroyed if we pulled back at certain points. And Reagan finally understood that we could spend the Soviets into collapse.
But none of this is true with the terrorists, we must fight them head-to-head. And we must remember that they have been preparing for this war for 13 centuries, the memory of the medieval Crusades is still alive with them. But the first notion the West had that Islam was a threat were the wars between the Arabs and Israelis, yet even then Americans never felt there was a threat. Jimmy Carter's willingness to abandon American interests in the Middle East gave the Islamofascists the determination to pursue larger targets. The War on Terrorism DID NOT BEGIN on September 11, 2001, this was just the day when many Americans first realized that it was a war we could no longer pretend wasn't there. If we "exit" the Islamofascists will become even bolder, and they will not stop until we are all dead.