Lessons from the Rubble of Iraq by Philip Stephens

LESSONS FROM THE RUBBLE OF IRAQ - PHILIP STEPHENS (FINANCIAL TIMES, SEPTEMBER 13): The lesson of September 11 2001 was that to be invincible is not to be invulnerable; the moral to be drawn from the quagmire of Iraq is that the ability to conquer does not confer the capacity to control. If post-Bush America is to reclaim global leadership, it must better understand the limits of its power.
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