Another Perspective
Iraq and Counterinsurgency
America is unlikely to have the patience to stay in Iraq as long as it did in the Philippines a century ago.
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blockquote> em>Take up the White Man's burden-- br> The savage wars of peace-- br> Fill full the mouth of Famine br> And bid the sickness cease; br> And when your goal is nearest br> The end for others sought, br> Watch sloth and heathen Folly br> Bring all your hopes to naught. /em> p> em>Take up the White Man's burden-- br> And reap his old reward: br> The blame of those ye better, br> The hate of those ye guard--
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