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February 16, 2006

A permanent basis for staying in Iraq by Tom Engelhardt

We're in a new period in the war in Iraq - one that brings to mind the Nixonian era of "Vietnamization": a president presiding over an increasingly unpopular war that won't end; an election bearing down; the need to placate a restive American public; and an army under so much strain that it seems to be running off the rails.

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