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Old 01-27-2007, 06:27 PM   #11
Torrere
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It Has Unraveled So Quickly

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Originally Posted by NY Times article
Iraq is a different country now.

The moderates are mostly gone. My phone includes at least a dozen entries for middle-class families who have given up and moved away. They were supposed to build democracy here. Instead they work odd jobs in Syria and Jordan. Even the moderate political leaders have left.
Hurray for bludgeoning!
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