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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

A Defeat Bred in Deceit

When Bush decided, prior to September 11, to attack Iraq, he committed himself to lies and deceit. As his British co-conspirators realized, only victory could save them from the consequences.

by Paul Craig Roberts

On June 27, General George Casey, US commander of the “multinational coalition” in Iraq, told morning TV audiences that the conflict in Iraq “will not be settled on the battlefield.” On June 26, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told TV audiences that “coalition forces, foreign forces are not going to repress that insurgency.” The insurgency, Rumsfeld said, might “go on five, six, eight, 10, 12 years.”

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