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August 20, 2008 - 5:34 pm - by Richard Fernandez
buddy larsen
2008-08-21 21:50:36

virtually all reports are, Iraqis are happy with their brand new constitutional republic. Economic, cultural, institutional metrics all scaling up. They like the American military, and it likes them. Oil sales up, cooperation up, currency, business starts, stock market, returnees, birth rate, all up. Iraq looks like a long term American ally. That was our objective. So why are we so blue?