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Despite all the evidence that the Iraq war is "unwinnable," as per Henry Kissinger and many others in knowledgeable positions, President George W. Bush still holds to his "mission must be accomplished" banner. It seems apparent that he has no intention of following the recommenda...

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Published inNewsday
Main Authors Siegelman, Richard, Murray, Maureen P, Minott, Robert, Mascolo, Frank, Moses, Joe, Herrmann, Charlotte, Borruso, Carl, Vitters, Alan G
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 07.12.2006
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Summary:Despite all the evidence that the Iraq war is "unwinnable," as per Henry Kissinger and many others in knowledgeable positions, President George W. Bush still holds to his "mission must be accomplished" banner. It seems apparent that he has no intention of following the recommendations of the Iraq study group. How many more American troops and Iraqi civilians is he willing to sacrifice for this hopeless cause? President George W. Bush and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs have come up with yet another reason to keep our troops in Iraq. They won't accept that Iraq is in a civil war, so now they want us to believe that al-Qaida is "fomenting" the strife over there so that Iraq will tip into civil war. Now that the military tool has been shown to be of limited use in modern-day Iraq, the United States is now (finally) contemplating diplomatic overtures (by theory, the military option should be the last option, after all efforts at diplomacy have failed). The U.S. administration and most other "experts" appear to be dismissing the most hopeful course of action for the future of Iraq - partition.