June 17, 2008

Warriors pay victory’s price

Quietly, America is inching toward success in Iraq. The number of average monthly U.S. deaths has plummeted, sectarian violence has decreased and the Iraqi government appears steadily more capable of independence. The presidential campaign and economic downturn have eclipsed this. So too has a Pyrrhic truth: One more such victory would utterly undo us.

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