Friday, December 26, 2008

Redefining the Role of the U.S. Military in Iraq

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/washington/22combat.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=advisors%20baghdad&st=cse
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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Subject: Redefining the Role of the U.S. Military in Iraq
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:
   Until U.S. forces--whether they are called "troops" or "advisers" or "contractors" are out of Iraq--they will continue to die and will be seen as a provocation to Al Qaeda recruiters. We can all remember a time when zero Americans died in Iraq in an average month, and any deaths were news-worthy. Until we get back to such a baseline, talk of "success" teeters between farce and blasphemy.
Barry Levine

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