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Remember Those Iraqi Benchmarks?
Abe Greenwald, Pajamas MediaWay back in the dark days of 2007, when the only popular question about the Iraq war concerned the degree of tragedy, Congresss Iraq benchmarks were all the rage among Democrats. Every argument against a continued U.S. presence in Iraq was constructed around the Maliki administrations apparent inability to meet the political and security-based milestones as outlined by Americas Democratic-majority Congress. Then something happened. The gains of the troop surge allowed the Iraqi government and citizenry to implement the security measures and legislative acts called for by the U.S. The benchmark line of argument quietly died. Here, then, is the brief life and glorious death of the great benchmark trope. . . . Posted by: Mike 2008-06-17 |
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