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Afghanistan War Promises Victory So Glorious We Never Shall Win

By Courtney Haden
Birmingham Weekly | September 24, 2009
The old joke says that since 2003, U.S. soldiers have been between Iraq and a hard place. With a sanctioned Iraqi withdrawal underway at last, our troops are now in the hard place. It's no joke.
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Tags: Iraq, Afghanistan, war & peace

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