Thinking strategically about Iraq: report from a symposium.

From: Middle East Policy | Date: March 22, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Is America now winning in Iraq? What would "victory" mean? Over the last several months, optimism over the spread of local-level security in Iraq and the changed politics of the Iraqi Sunni community has surged. Analysts from all sides of the political spectrum have noted the decline in American and Iraqi casualties from their peak in the preceding year but sharply disagree about how to interpret these trends. Republican presidential candidates and the conservative media now routinely trumpet that the United States is winning. American military and diplomatic officials in Iraq ...

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