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David
T. Pyne, Esq.
President & CEO
Center for the National Security Interest
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LTC
Kent D. Johnson, LTC (Ret.)
Vice President
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Richard Liebert, LTC (Ret.)
Honorary Chairman
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John
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Center
for the National Security Interest
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 814-9245
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Last Chance to Win the War in Iraq
| The events of the past two months provide strong evidence that the US
cannot win the war in Iraq without a major fundamental shift in strategy
and policy. These events have included the emergence of a much more broad
based national rebellion against the United States led by the Shiites under
Muhakta Sadr operating in unison with Shiite resisters in Fallujah and elsewhere
culminating in the assassination of the President of the US appointed Iraq
Governing Council on May 17th. Ironically, this assassinated Iraqi leader
was himself a leader of the Al Dawa party responsible together with its
sister organization, Hezbollah, for the killing of 241 Marines at the Marine
Barracks in Beirut Lebanon in 1983. |
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During the month of April alone, these attacks resulted
in the deaths of at least 136 US soldiers, a total four and a half times larger
than the previous month with a total of over 800 US soldiers killed and with
over 21,000 medical evacuations in Iraq since the US invaded over a year ago.
We may be only two or three months away from exceeding the 1,000 US soldiers
dead mark which will spell major trouble for President Bush’s re-election
prospects, not that he wasn’t having problems in that regard before the
scandal. In the wake of revelations of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in which
severe and pervasive abuses were committed by US military personnel and continues
to worsen, the latest Pew poll taken in Iraq shows that 82% of the Iraqi people
distrust or disapprove of US and coalition forces whom they view as occupiers
by an overwhelming margin. This scandal has not merely lost the hearts and minds
of the Iraqi people needed to achieve a real, lasting victory, it has demoralized
our troops serving there and has completely shifted US public opinion against
continuation of the war itself. This in turn necessitates that the administration
rapidly implement a solution to extricate the US military from the increasing
quagmire in Iraq to ensure that our troops don’t have to fight a war which
does not have the popular support of the American people vital to winning the
war.. Continue
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Associated Press, 16 February 2004
Iran Hosting Global Terrorist Conference
Associated Press, 7 February 2004
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U.S. Military Collaborates With Red China
Newsmax, 14 January 2004
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The Washington Post, 12 January 2004
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The Washington Times, 12 January 2004
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Reuters, 11 January 2004
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Newsday, 8 January 2004
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Lowered Expectations
Pat Buchanan, WorldNetDaily, 31 May 2004
Iraq Strategy Casting Call
Arnaud de Borchgrave, Newsmax, 28 May 2004
Fighting For Real Homeland Security
William F. Jasper, The New American, 8 March 2004
Enforcing UN Decrees Equals Conservatism?
The New American, 9 February 2004
A War in Search of a Reason
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute, 14 January 2004
The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave
Heather MacDonald, City Journal, 14 January 2004
Real Message of Bush Illegal Alien Amnesty
Patrick Buchanan, WorldNetDaily, 12 January 2004
Globalists Destroying America
Diane Alden, Newsmax, 10 January 2004
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