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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Five years of Iraq lies

How President Bush and his advisors have spent each year of the war peddling mendacious tales about a mission accomplished.
By Juan Cole

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  • Wednesday, March 19, 2008 05:34 AM

    A year ago

    About a third of all mainline news reports were about Iraq. Now it's about 3%. Iraq is now the 3rd or 4th most pressing issue to the voters. And again Democrats run the risk of snatching defeat by elevating this election to a single issue: Iraq. Fact is, most Americans are tired of hearing it. They understand that in either case we're there for many more years and it's simply a matter of distinguishing McCain's cheerleading from the Dems gloomy inactive shame.

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