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A Caveat
Reader comment on item: Tempering Ambitions [in Iraq]
Submitted by Richard Wittrup (United States), Nov 12, 2006 at 17:56
Don't forget, we did neutralize an enemy of Israel.
Beyond that, saying that "Iraqis are responsible for shaping their destiny" is a little disingenuous. Iraqis did not create this cauldron of ethnic and secular toxicity. I go with the pottery barn rule - We broke it. We own it.
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