"March of Folly" in todays New York Times:
"'Peacekeeping requirements in Iraq might be much lower than historical experience in the Balkans suggests. There’s been none of the record in Iraq of ethnic militias fighting one another that produced so much bloodshed and permanent scars in Bosnia.' Paul Wolfowitz, deputy secretary of defense and now president of the World Bank, Feb. 27, 2003
'West Baghdad is no stranger to bombings and killings, but in the past few days all restraint has vanished in an orgy of "ethnic cleansing." Shia gunmen are seeking to drive out the once-dominant Sunni minority and the Sunnis are forming neighborhood posses to retaliate. Mosques are being attacked. Scores of innocent civilians have been killed, their bodies left lying in the streets.' The Times of London, July 14, 2006
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“'My fellow citizens, not only can we win the war in Iraq, we are winning the war in Iraq.' President Bush, Dec. 18, 2005
“'I think I would answer that by telling you I don’t think we’re losing.” Gen. Peter Schoomaker, the Army chief of staff, when asked whether we’re winning in Iraq, July 14, 2006"
And much more.
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