Leaving Iraq, Honorably

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Author(s) Chuck Hagel
Source The Washington Post
Date November 26, 2006
URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/24/AR2006112401104.html
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Quotes-start.png "We do not have more troops to send and, even if we did, they would not bring a resolution to Iraq. Militaries are built to fight and win wars, not bind together failing nations. We are once again learning a very hard lesson in foreign affairs: America cannot impose a democracy on any nation -- regardless of our noble purpose." Quotes-end.png

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This item argues for the position Coalition troops should pull out on the topic Post-invasion Iraq.