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Article: The unraveling of Iraq: diplomat Peter Galbraith brings a keen eye to a tragic tale.(The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End)(Book review)
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- March 16, 2007
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THE END OF IRAQ: HOW AMERICAN INCOMPETENCE CREATED A WAR WITHOUT END
By Peter W. Galbraith Simon & Schuster, 260 pages, $26
Jan. 20 was the third deadliest day for American troops since the Iraq war began. A Black Hawk helicopter crashed northeast of Baghdad killing all 13 American soldiers on board. That same day, seven American service members died in other parts of Iraq. Three days later, on Jan. 23, President Bush delivered his State of the Union address announcing that 21,500 additional troops would be deployed to Iraq. The president's announcement seemed to contradict the widely held view that the November 2006 congressional elections, which had ...