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“What thousands of brave American soldiers have accomplished in Iraq”

What exactly is that? Despite acrimony at home, the politics of two national elections and a third on the horizon, and the slander of war crimes and incompetence, those on the battlefield of Iraq have almost pulled off the unthinkable� The restructuring of the politics of the Middle East in less than three years.

And for now that is still a strong hand to bet against.

Good article.