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To: Rock_nj who wrote (1055)6/29/2004 8:56:01 AM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2772
 
Who Lost Iraq?
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By PAUL KRUGMAN
Columnist
The New York Times
Published: June 29, 2004
nytimes.com

The formal occupation of Iraq came to an ignominious end yesterday with a furtive ceremony, held two days early to foil insurgent attacks, and a swift airborne exit for the chief administrator. In reality, the occupation will continue under another name, most likely until a hostile Iraqi populace demands that we leave. But it's already worth asking why things went so wrong.

The Iraq venture may have been doomed from the start — but we'll never know for sure because the Bush administration made such a mess of the occupation. Future historians will view it as a case study of how not to run a country.

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