ARTICLE: Premier Casting U.S. Withdrawal as Iraq Victory, By STEVEN LEE MYERS and MARC SANTORA, New York Times, June 25, 2009ARTICLE: Warily Moving Ahead on Oil Contracts, By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, New York Times, June 25, 2009
ARTICLE: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/world/middleeast/26iraq.html?th&emc=th, By ALISSA J. RUBIN and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, New York Times, June 25, 2009
Withdrawals ALWAYS lead to upticks in violence and bombing, with insurgents claiming "victory."
But the victory is ours and it's real, as evidenced by enough stability to start auctioning oil deals.
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You wrote sometime ago that you would break out the cigars when you saw advertisements in The Wall Street Journal, so I guess I'll break out the cigars!
Posted by Hugh | June 28, 2009 5:02 PM