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Yon's article is heartening and at the same time worrying. He's saying we've come far but we are in danger of faltering near the finish line. Congress, he says, is mired in consideration of past problems. But it is worse than that; we're in an election year and, as it happens, more votes can be won opposing Iraq, or at least criticizing the military's progress, than can be won supporting it and acknowledging the military's successes. Congress is largely the puppet of the people in an election year and the people are mostly for quitting. So, things will be said by politicians now that they do not mean. Not until after November will we see the real lay of the political landscape insofar as Iraq is concerned. Until then Bush will hold the line.
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To be Truly ignorant, Man requires an Education. (Plato)
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