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Blowback rules!
Any student or expert in Near East policy could have predicted the five-years-plus chaos that has reigned in Iraq. Anyone without neocon leanings, that is.
What's happened in this unfortunate town should come as no surpise. What is a surprise is that the author predicts that nothing but a "victory" by the U.S. in Iraq can help the situation.
There is no victory to be had. Our expedited abandonment of the occupation is our best course for preserving our economy, our armed forces, and may force the country of Iraq to deal with its own problems. Sticking around will only recruit more jihadists.