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The Coming 'Stab in the Back' Campaign

By Eric Alterman | September 27, 2007

Having exposed their country to the ignominy of certain defeat in Iraq, the Bush Administration and its neoconservative allies  are seeking to salvage their crumbling reputations by blaming their critics for the catastrophe their policies have wrought. We are witnessing the foundation for a post-Iraq "stab in the back" campaign.

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This article was originally published in The Nation.

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