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Iraqi town officials are dangerous
McClatchy: One U.S. soldier killed, five others wounded…by an Iraqi town official, reportedly.
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If our “entry strategy” had been to simply kill everyone in Iraq, our “exit strategy” would be as simple as not tracking all that blood back onto American carpets and rugs.
Puts me in mind of this exchange from Glengarry Glen Ross:
John: The strategy comes from downtown.
Dave: Oh, the strategy? The strategy??
Take the troops out BLOW the frickin place of the map this has gone on to long.