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No, the U.S. military is not ‘leaving’ Iraq

Officials have announced an ‘end’ to the combat mission, but this appears to be a shift in definitions rather than a real withdrawal. Iraqi and U.S. officials have been talking about the end of a U.S. combat mission in Iraq, but they appear to be changing definitions rather than trying …

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Don’t let the generals dictate the war’s legacy, make them answer for it

Expect the military officials who commanded Afghanistan to invoke ‘cutting and running.’ Let’s talk about why they failed. David Petraeus — remember him? — recently confided to a nationwide television audience that prospects in Afghanistan are looking grim. “The situation on the ground,” the retired general told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, …

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