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Beltway myth: "The left-wing base" vs. "the American people" on Iraq

Mara Liasson falsely claims that "the American people" only want to leave Iraq when "conditions on the ground" permit it.
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  • Monday, July 7, 2008 06:41 AM

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    Penultimate paragraph, first sentence: change "say" to "stay".

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