Rah-Rah Rhetoric Fading As Reality of Iraq Sets In

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WASHINGTON -- Last year at this time, as one of the stranger years for our nation came to a close, America was poised at the edge of uncertainty. The administration was consumed with thoughts of war, but the confused American people were being drawn into something they little understood.

We know now the first results of the Bush administration's "great adventure" and the war in Iraq. The relatively easy military victory was crowned by confusion and lack of planning for the reconstruction; a virtual civil war, unguessed-at here in our confident inner sanctums, began bloodying American troops. Finally, Saddam Hussein was captured and became the new reason for the war.

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Rah-Rah Rhetoric Fading As Reality of Iraq Sets In

But what is the reality of Iraq, as opposed to the consistent unreality, so like Vietnam, that our administration imposes upon us? Let us review some of the recent articles on th...

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