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Article: Familiar pattern emerging in Iraq.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2006
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Byline: Andrew Maykuth
On the eve of America's third anniversary in Iraq, historians are looking back and seeing a familiar pattern emerge:
A Western army attempts to impose order on Iraq but encounters unanticipated, violent resistance. As casualties and domestic opposition mount, the occupiers redefine the mission and look for an exit. Iraq slides toward ruin.
In the view of some historians, the 21st Century American-led occupation is taking on the appearance of the British attempt to transplant Western-style democracy on Iraq after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I.
Both the Americans and the British eight ...
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