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Fred Hiatt on the noble glories of occupation

The Washington Post editorialist says that mere airstrikes are bad because they result in civilian deaths, cause displacement and aid al-Qaida recruitment. Therefore, we should invade and occupy countries instead.

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  • Saturday, May 3, 2008 08:37 AM

    Irony is dead at the Washington Post

    We have been pounding Sadr City by air for two weeks now - and Fred Hiatt writes this tripe ? People should take a look at Gorillasguides.com (mostly arabic, some english) or Aljazeera English to see some of the carnage. Fred Hiatt must not pay much attention to what's going on - and I suspect that's a feature, not a bug.

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