Soldiers in Iraq view troop surge as a lost cause

Army 1st Lt. Antonio Hardy took a slow look around the east Baghdad neighborhood that he and his men were patrolling. He grimaced at the sound of gunshots in the distance. A machine gunner on top of a Humvee scanned the rooftops for snipers. Some of Hardy's men wondered aloud if they'd get hit by a roadside bomb on the way back to their base. Full Story »

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Dale Penn
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by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

This is another in a series of excellent articles by McClatchy Newspapers' Tom Lasseter. In this piece he goes further than ever in getting candid troop quotes as well as direct quotes from officers in the field. He sights a recent Brookings Institution report that mirrors the cyncical outlook of the troops.

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