There can be only one winner if America makes common cause with an old foe

There can be only one winner if America makes common cause with an old foe
After the political controversy over America's invasion of Iraq during the previous Bush administration, Mr Obama made clear that, whatever the problems faced by the government of Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, the US was not prepared to send ...
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Quartz Weekend Brief—Americas edition—Iraq again, the 747′s descent, Bill ...
The occupation of cities there by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), an extreme Islamist militia that also seized territory in Syria's civil war, has Americans revisiting the controversial invasion and military occupation of Iraq, oil traders ...
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Think back to 2003. . . the year the US didn't invade Iraq
The U.S. president maintained the no-fly zones and other pressure but postponed the invasion. Saddam Hussein kept his crowing to a minimum, recognizing his narrow escape. What's more, he had other problems…. Unrest among the Shi'a majority ...
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Scarborough: 'America Doesn't Do Occupations'
During a discussion on Morning Joe Wednesday morning about President Barack Obama's announced drawdown of troop levels in Afghanistan, Joe Scarborough decried the “false choice” of either occupying a troubled country with U.S. troops or ignoring it ...
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