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Plan B In Iraq - A recommendation for the way forward

Major Fernando Lujan over at Small Wars Journal has posted both an interesting analysis of the current situation both in Iraq and politically at home, and made some recommendations for a way forward.

The bottom line in his piece,which will be published next month in the Kennedy School Review:

The real danger of the Iraq war going forward is that the United States will emerge from its aftermath learning the wrong lessons -- “Never intervene, and if we must—do so with more troops and more firepower. Nation building is nearly impossible. The military’s only job is to fight wars.” But such conclusions are misguided, and ignore the reality that non-state actors and asymmetric threats continue to grow. For all the policy debate and fiery accusations that will continue to rage over the invasion, we must not stop asking how things can be done better.

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