Just the Facts: Gen. Petraeus Brings Some Clarity to the Iraq Debate by Peggy Noonan

JUST THE FACTS: GEN. PETRAEUS BRINGS SOME CLARITY TO THE IRAQ DEBATE PEGGY NOONAN (OPINION JOURNAL FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL PAGE, SEPTEMBER 14): No one -- no normal American -- thinks a U.S. Army four-star came back from Iraq to damage our democracy by telling lies. One felt at the end of the week that Iraq will continue as a long and ongoing story, that it is unlikely that we will find a perfect moment to leave, that it will always be too soon, the situation too delicate. It will always seem a place perched on a precipice over a canyon.
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