Clashing Catastropes by Ellen goodman

CLASHING CATASTROPHES - ELLEN GOODMAN (BOSTON GLOBE, SEPTEMBER 14): Now we have also lost confidence that the surge can create the "breathing space" in which the Iraqis will achieve reconciliation in their disintegrated society. Mission creep has become "mission shrink." The real role of American troops in Iraq now is to try to keep a lid on the terrible violence unleashed by our own invasion.
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