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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
Much worse than the decision to go to war was the tragic, unforgivable ineptitude of both the occupation and the initial counter insurgency effort.
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Gary Ackerman
New York

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Ackerman criticizes the execution of the Iraq war and its aftermath.

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