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Should We Surge?

It is refreshing that many conservative backers of the president have come to acknowledge the disastrous reality in Iraq. For too long, the president and his supporters insisted that things were better than news reports allowed, and they defended a "stay the course" strategy. At the very least, both sides of the debate on Iraq now share one view: The current situation is a disaster that is only getting worse. The question is: What do you do about it?

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This article was originally published in The New Republic.

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