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Modern Iraqi Manners

Posted Monday, July 17, 2006, at 5:59 PM ET

"Do not appear anxious to leave" nicely sums up current U.S. policy toward Iraq. Leaving, though, is what we would very much like to do, and this is increasingly obvious to both our friends and our enemies.

Posted Monday, July 17, 2006, at 5:59 PM ET
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Timothy Noah is a senior writer at Slate.
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