http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/18/9451/62888
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The National Defense Institute, identified by McClatchy as the
Pentagon's "premier educational institute," came out with a sobering
assessment (PDF) of the Iraq war yesterday:
"Measured in blood and treasure, the war in Iraq has achieved the
status of a major war and a major debacle," says the report's opening
line.
It pretty much goes downhill from there:
The report said that the United States has suffered serious political
costs, with its standing in the world seriously diminished. Moreover,
operations in Iraq have diverted "manpower, materiel and the attention
of decision-makers" from "all other efforts in the war on terror" and
severely strained the U.S. armed forces.
"Compounding all of these problems, our efforts there (in Iraq) were
designed to enhance U.S. national security, but they have become, at
least temporarily, an incubator for terrorism and have emboldened Iran
to expand its influence throughout the Middle East," the report
continued.
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You know, it doesn't feel good to say "I told you so". Why a poor
schmuck like me could see and understand this going into the run-up to
war, while the "experts" with all their experience couldn't, is beyond
comprehension.
-- Ed Leafe
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