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Iraq: Maybe now we can admit the truth?

Well, who didn’t see this one coming?

US 'must suspend' Iraq withdrawal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7336731.stm

Remember how Colin Powell used to warn about the alleged Pottery Barn rule:

If you break it, you own it?

Well, we’ve gone way past that stage. If there was ever any pretending that we “owned” Iraq, it’s over now.

Iraq owns us.

 
rsdrake@nwark.com

 

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