Defense and the National Interest – Wars, most wars at least, run not evenly but in fits and starts, settling down into sputtering Sitzkrieg for long intervals, then suddenly shooting out wildly in wholly unpredicted directions. The war in Iraq has fallen into a set pattern for long enough that we should be expecting something new. William Lind identifies three factors ñ there may be more ñ which could lead to some dramatic changes, soon.
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