Loose Canons
The A-Team?
The New Iraq Policy and the men who will lead it.
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* Tell them all that this is America’s policy, that we are in it to win, and whether Iraq is free or not is a side issue. We’re in the Middle East to drain the terrorist swamp.
How much of that will comprise the president’s speech? To the degree it doesn’t, the president will have lost his last great chance.
TAS contributing editor Jed Babbin is the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe Are Worse Than You Think (Regnery, 2004) and, with Edward Timperlake, Showdown: Why China Wants War With the United States (Regnery, 2006).
About the Author
Jed Babbin served as a Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush. He is the author of several bestselling books including Inside the Asylum and In the Words of Our Enemies. You can follow him on Twitter @jedbabbin.
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