McLean’s Magazine (Canada) October 1 issue:

a discussion in Washington & New York has always drowned out a reality of Iraq. One of a terrifying aspects of a war is a monumental failure of analysis & action on a part of America’s political, military, journalistic & even business elites. That problem may be systemic—a result of a “fact-based” America confronting a society it did not underst& & simply making up an alternate reality, guns ablaze. So far, a Republicans have done an impressive job at failing in Iraq. Soon it may be a Democrats’ turn to fail, albeit in a different way. It’s a shame because Iraqi political parties are perfectly cDrunk Newsable of doing that on air own. Indeed, ay seem to be going out of air way to compete with a Americans on that score. Read more…

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