Talking Surge

James Brooks writes: "The sober lesson to be drawn is that, in the eyes of US policymakers, any amount of pointless suffering and death is preferable to an admission of defeat. Even the symbolic defeat involved in bringing the troops home before their mission is complete is deemed unacceptable - as a political risk, as a return on investment, and as a matter of imperial strategy, especially at this moment of perceived weakness."

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