| I hate it when Saddam Hussein gets proved
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| | presidency had to resort to misleading
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| to be right ...Buried in all his
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| | information in order to gain support for
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| pre-invasion bluster was a promise that
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| | doing so, then they would provide it.The
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| Iraqis would give the Americans 'another
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| | article, 'Intelligence, Policy and the
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| Viet Nam' if they tried to occupy the
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| | War in Iraq' doesn't have any new
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| country. To many, this sounded like just
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| | revelations. Its significance is the fact
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| another empty threat, but I took note
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| | that Mr Pillar, a 28-year CIA operative,
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| when he said it.The reason for my
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| | was directly involved in the picking and
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| attention had nothing to do with Saddam
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| | choosing of data ordered by the
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| or any tribal fealties in his favor.
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| | presidency to make its case, rather than
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| Instead, it gave me pause to recall a
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| | being allowed to take the more ethical
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| comment made to me by a veteran foot
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| | and responsible path of reviewing all
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| soldier who fought in World War II. We
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| | data and arriving at objective
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| had a conversation in Geneva in the early
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| | conclusions. (Lest someone attmepts to
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| 1980s, just before the Cold War began to
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| | accuse Mr Pillar of being a bureaucratic
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| thaw. I remarked about the superior
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| | malcontent, he was installed on the
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| weapons technology that I thought gave
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| | faculty for Security Studies at the
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| America a distinct advantage over the
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| | prestigious Georgetown University soon
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| Soviets, and the vet responded by
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| | after his resignation from the CIA.)The
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| dismissing hi-tech armories."War is about
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| | astounding carnage of Viet Nam --- 58,000
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| killing your enemy one at a time and
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| | American dead, over 150,000 wounded;
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| gaining territory a step at a time," he
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| | approximately 2-4million Vietnamese dead
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| said. "And you can only do that with the
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| | and wounded --- still dwarfs the totals
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| grunts on the ground."In what's become a
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| | for the Iraqi incursion, but tell that to
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| prolonged battle between the forces of
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| | each family who loses a loved one and see
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| technology and terrorism in Iraq, Defense
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| | if it offers them any solace. These
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| Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is the latest
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| | soldiers, fighters and innocents are not
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| to challenge the old vet's advice. It's
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| | dying or being maimed for noble causes,
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| also looking like he'll be the latest to
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| | but for cynical agenda: vague definitions
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| rue that decision.However, such
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| | of an enemy on one side and warped
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| repentance will probably not occur in the
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| | extreme fundamentalism on the other. The
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| short term. Just as the Gulf of Tonkin
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| | fact that the casualties in Iraq show no
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| fabrication --- where the Johnson
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| | signs of subsiding make the assertions in
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| presidency alleged a since-debunked North
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| | Mr Pillar's article all the more
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| Vietnamese torpedo boat attack on an
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| | exasperating.A new documentary has also
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| American destroyer --- and the Watergate
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| | been recently released. 'Why We Fight'
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| burglary were subordinated to the public
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| | was produced and directed by Eugene
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| as mere historical footnotes by the
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| | Jarecki, who used a spectrum of
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| administrations in power at those times,
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| | interviews to delve into the effects of
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| the present American presidency appears
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| | current American foreign policy. These
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| to believe its power of office can
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| | range from former Bush adminstration
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| trample any truth that may give the lie
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| | officials to critics to American fighter
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| to its Iraqi folly.The trappings of the
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| | pilots to a policeman who lost a son when
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| American presidency are such that the
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| | the jets hit the towers in New
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| presidency's ability to do this is an
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| | York.Jarecki's premise is based on a
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| established fact. Richard Nixon
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| | famous 'farewell' speech by Dwight David
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| suppressed the truth long enough to win
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| | Eisenhower in 1961, who warned of a
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| re-election. Lyndon Johnson ultimately
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| | shadowy 'military-industrial complex'
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| saw a nation so divided by the Viet Nam
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| | that had the potential to hijack American
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| issue that he chose not to seek a second
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| | foreign policy without the public's
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| term, but not before plunging the USA
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| | ability to sufficiently contain it. Given
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| into a full-scale war. Now, it's George W
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| | Eisenhower's status as the Allied supreme
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| Bush who has slithered into another four
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| | commander in World War II as well as his
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| year term, based in part on his
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| | presidency, his warning was not only
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| administration's spin machine
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| | jarring, but prophetic, especially coming
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| successfully keeping the roots of his
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| | as it did on the throes of the Viet Nam
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| Iraqi misadventure obscure to the
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| | conflict. All appearances now are that
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| public.The harsh reality is that the
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| | it's even more pertinent today.In
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| omnipotence of the world's most powerful
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| | retrospect, it is also ironic to think
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| government makes the task of calling it
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| | that it may have been the Americans who
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| into immediate account virtually
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| | were being held in check by the balance
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| impossible. Before any resistance can be
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| | of power posed by a totalitarian Soviet
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| effectively raised, considerable damage
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| | regime. There's no doubt the reverse was
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| --- in lives and resources --- has
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| | true, as well, but I had always thought
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| already been irretrievably done.We
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| | the Americans realized their best global
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| already know that in Iraq, there were no
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| | weapon was their culture; I continue to
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| weapons of mass destruction. This has
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| | believe their culture, not their
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| been countered by the presidential
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| | weaponry, caused the USSR to collapse. As
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| argument that, well, Saddam was a bad
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| | such, I fail to understand why each
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| man. We also know now that there was no
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| | successive American presidency hasn't
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| relationship between al-Qaeda and Saddam.
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| | realized that simple and obvious
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| Yes, said the presidency, but there could
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| | observation.Putting that point to an
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| have been in the near future; this soon
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| | unscientific test, I've asked various
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| became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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| | citizens of Iraq --- and Iran, for that
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| Furthermore, even though the presidency
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| | matter --- what foreign country they most
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| claimed that American forces would be
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| | admire, and more often than not, they
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| welcomed as liberators in Iraq, the
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| | cite the USA. If I follow that with a
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| locals there have so far shown a strange
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| | question about which government they
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| way of expressing their gratitude.How can
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| | least admire, they cite the USA. Call me
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| these retorts go so consistently
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| | simplistic, but not only does it seem
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| uncontested, with the possible exception
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| | burgers and bluejeans do a better job of
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| of The Daily Show, which is merely a
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| | making friends, they cause significantly
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| cable comedy channel's satire of the
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| | fewer deaths in the process.However, as
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| news?Now comes further evidence which
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| | long as the American public allows its
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| damns the dubious premises of
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| | presidency the inherent power of
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| presidential Iraqi policy, which has
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| | overbearing rebuttal to any dissenting
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| recently appeared in the journal, Foreign
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| | information without a constant call to
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| Affairs. The author, Paul Pillar, is the
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| | justify itself, there will be no
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| recently resigned CIA head of
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| | subsidence in damaged lives or diverted
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| intelligence for the Near East and South
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| | resources.Until then, as Saddam, the old
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| Asia, who held that office from
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| | vet and history have combined to predict,
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| 2000-2005. His job included managing the
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| | Iraq is a grunt's war, fought one
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| Bush administration's secret assessments
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| | building at a time. And, like every other
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| regarding Iraq. In the article, he
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| | war, not every grunt will come home alive
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| contends that invading Iraq was a
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| | or well.
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| pre-ordained goal and that, if the
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