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How Bush is trying to save face in Iraq

The president is now taking credit for turning Sunni tribes against al-Qaida in Iraq. But two years ago he rejected a Sunni offer to negotiate an end to the violence.
By Sidney Blumenthal

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  • Thursday, September 13, 2007 02:24 PM

    What has always amazed me...

    ...at every step of this process, indeed of this Presidency, is the realization that if the Bush administration actually had a better, more compelling case for what they are doing, they would have used it. It's scary to realize that what they've been telling us is the best justification they can come up with.

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