Much has been made of the oped piece in the New York Times from O'Hanlon and Pollack, asking "is this a war we might just win?" Skeptical, I went looking for some sort of analysis of the piece. One of the best, oddly, is from of all people, Christopher Durang. He's got a pretty terrific oped of his own up over at Huffington Post. Take a look.
War Correspondent Responds to the Suddenly Famous O'Hanlon/Pollack
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So, to say the obvious, we're building up Sunni forces just as we once built up Saddam (who was Sunni) so he could oppose Iran. But once we leave, how will our having built up Sunni militias IN THE LONG RUN help Iraq to be at peace, and help the Sunnis and Shiites stop wanting to kill each other? Doesn't sound promising to me...
This is just a snippet. Read more at: HuffingtonPost.com
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