Debunking Myths about the "Lost" War By Greg C. Reeson

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s April proclamation that the Iraq war was “lost” and the surge ordered by President Bush last January was not accomplishing anything generated a significant amount of debate about the conflict and America’s prospects for a successful outcome. In fairness to Senator Reid, the war was not going well for the United States at the time, with sectarian violence spinning out of control, U.S. and Iraqi casualties mounting daily, and the political process in Baghdad hopelessly stalled. Just seven months earlier, a Marine Corps intelligence officer had declared that prospects for improving security in the troubled al-Anbar Province were dim, and that the U.S. would probably not be able to salvage the region.

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