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Staying Put
Iraq has its defenders. Sing along with Mitch. The Constitution is not broken. Texas and points south. Plus more.
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Diane Smith
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G. Tracy Mehan, III has a typically American attitude regarding the war in Iraq: it has taken too long, ergo it was never worth it. And it is equally interesting that Mehan said the Basra operation “looks like a botched job from the get-go” on the very same day Washington Times columnist Tony Blankley warned Americans that the news coming out of Basra was “almost complete guesswork” due to a “lack of reasonably reliable reporting.”
p>One could make a reasonable case that the entire war has been reported — and commented on by people like G. Tracy Mehan, III, et al. — much the same way. br> — Arnold Ahlert br> Boca Raton, Florida /p> p> When Julius Caesar said that all Gaul was divided into three parts, I think that he was referring to classes. br> — Paul Nelson /p>G. Tracy Mehan, III replies: Nonsense. The division of Gaul was not based on classes. Here’s a map.
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