Summary
Once remarked the late Peter Ustinov, "Terrorism is the war of the poor and war is the terrorism of the rich." The trouble in Iraq is that the poor have more staying power than the rich.
The insurgency in Baghdad has gone to ground and doesn't plan to resurface until Gen. David Petraeus' lightning $6 billion surge of U.S. and Iraqi troops has swept through the capital and declared "mission accomplished."See the full content of this document
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Iraq's Cincinnatus Solution
With Iranian backing and thousands of tons of arms and ammo cached in Saddam Hussein's salad days, the insurgency can keep going for several more years. The United States cannot.
So last weekend a gathering of the trans-Atlantic mandarins of the "realpolitik" clan gathered in Washington, albeit off the record, to dispense sage advice on an honorable ex...See the full content of this document
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