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En definition av galenskap jag hört är när någon på nytt gör samma sak på samma vis och väntar sig ett annat resultat. Det är precis vad den nya strategin för ockupationen av Irak gör; den upprepar den taktik som misslyckades så kapitalt i Vietnam. Independents Patrick Cockburn rapporterar från Irak:

"US commanders are often cheery believers in their own propaganda, even as the ground is giving way beneath their feet. In Baquba, a provincial capital north-east of Baghdad, US and Iraqi army commanders praised their own achievements at a press conference held over a video link. Chiding media critics for their pessimism, the generals claimed: "The situation in Baquba is reassuring and is under control but there are some rumours circulated by bad people." Within hours Sunni insurgents, possibly irked by these self-congratulatory words, stormed Baquba, kidnapped the mayor and blew up his office."

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