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mudvillegazette.com - 2/24/2009
Pick-and-choose morality
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I had to check the date to be sure this story found in the Dawn Patrol yesterday was current - it is: A Green Bay soldier told the Army today that he won’t go back to Iraq because he believes the war is immoral. Walker said he hasn’t pursued conscientious objector status because it would ...
Op-Ed Contributors: Iraq’s Year of Living Dangerously
nytimes.com - 2/26/2009
Op-Ed Contributors: Iraq’s Year of Living Dangerously
— nytimes.com — President Obama’s decision to withdraw the bulk of American troops by 2010 cannot be carried out rigidly.... There are still real challenges ahead. > (more) Op-Ed Contributors: Iraq’s Year of Living Dangerously

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Iraq doesn't have to last forever
books.foreignpolicy.com - 2/23/2009
Iraq doesn't have to last forever
— books.foreignpolicy.com — by Marc Lynch The Gamble is perhaps the best of the rapidly proliferating crop of "Iraq surge"... books. While it shares the generally admiring tone for the architects of the surge common in such books, it maintains the critical ... (more) Iraq doesn't have to last forever

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Will Obama repeat Bush's big mistake in Iraq?
ricks.foreignpolicy.com - 2/24/2009
Will Obama repeat Bush's big mistake in Iraq?
— ricks.foreignpolicy.com — It seems to me that by vowing to get out of Iraq in 16 months, President Obama... is not departing from the mistakes of George Bush, but repeating them. That is, Bush was persistently overoptimistic about Iraq. His original war plan assumed that the ... (more) Will Obama repeat Bush's big mistake in Iraq?

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Victory Caucus -- All Content — I had to check the date to be sure this story found in the Dawn Patrol yesterday was current - it is:A Green Bay soldier told the Army today that he won t go back to Iraq because he believes the war is immoral. Walker said he hasn t pursued conscientious objector status because it would be futile. The Army s definition is a little different than mine, Walker said. The Army s definition is that you have to be opposed to war and... read ...

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