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oldgoat
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posted 01 August 2007 06:30 AM      Profile for oldgoat     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
U.S. strategy creates a disastrous Oz-like self-delusion

Heather Mallick discusses Rajiv Chandrasekaran's Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone.

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Emerald City maps out how the Americans had made so many basic errors in planning, action, mapping, guarding, hiring, logistics — you name it they fluffed it — that the occupation was doomed before it began.

Looks interesting. Her article is, anyway.


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