A Moment of Clarity...
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"...As I think back to the crucible of 2003, two remarks made by Arab friends stand out particularly.
...The second comment was from a Syrian friend who opposed the war.
...My friend took me aside after the fighting had been raging for several months. I am still haunted by what he said: “I am sorry for America. You are stuck. You have become a country of the Middle East. America will never change Iraq, but Iraq will change America.”..."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The painful lessons of Iraq
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