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Book events. Persecuting military heroes. Self-justifications disguised as "self-criticism" from war advocates. UPDATE: AP photojournalist in Iraq finally ordered released.
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  • Wednesday, April 9, 2008 08:57 AM

    Bush 41!!

    This is great. Drezner says:

    I also implicitly assumed that if administration officials -- many of whom had displayed a fair amount of competence in the Bush 41 prosecution of Gulf War I....

    Of course, those officials in Bush 41 refused to invade Iraq!! They said it would be a quagmire. That is how they displayed their competence.

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