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August 19, 2010

Seven (wasted) years in Iraq

Not starring Brad Pitt or anybody else famous. Just a bunch of infamous, quarrelsome Iraqi politicians.

Some Iraqi leaders admit they've already failed to make use of seven years of precious time since the U.S. invasion. Beyond the "duh" factor, there's plenty of lessons for American political leaders of different stripes to learn, including the likely failures of nation-building, the reason not to leave troops still in Iraq as a combination of enabling and flypaper, and more.

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