Afghan Lessons from the Iraq War
You don’t have to go back 40 years to the Vietnam War to feel the sting of déjà vu. Returning to the Iraq War just three years ago will suffice. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight RousuReview
decisions by Obama – bowing to “the myth of the successful surge,” retaining Gates and exaggerating Afghanistan’s strategic importance – have all served to box the President in on what to do next about that eight-year-old war.
Looking at the sharp decline in U.S. casualties in 2008 and 2009, one might even hypothesize that it was the presence of a foreign occupying army that provoked many Iraqis to take up arms.
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