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The tenth anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) has produced an expected flood of articles and blogs discussing the events and decisions that led up to the invasion of Iraq as well as lessons learned from this war. Not surprisingly, most of them have focused on questions of politics,
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Date:
3/22/2013
On April 2, the 1st Sustainment Command, CENTCOM, Port of Ash Shuaiba, Kuwait announced with some pride that the last vehicle to leave Iraq, an MRAP, had been loaded aboard a ship bound for the United States. Built in 2008 by BAE Systems, this Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle is not
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Date:
4/6/2012
The current debate over the timing of the U.S. withdrawal of forces from Iraq is misplaced. The retention of a relatively small number of U.S. troops in that country would not have measurably affected its political stability. Conversely, the withdrawal of those forces will not particularly incentivize
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Date:
1/20/2012
There was a time when the Vietnam War was widely regarded as the biggest mistake in American military history, but Washington's nine-year occupation of Iraq may end up looking worse. Unlike Vietnam, where the United States was pursuing a bipartisan strategy of containing communist aggression, the
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Date:
12/15/2011
The mission in Iraq is over. Some 500 U.S. bases and facilities have been closed and virtually all U.S. troops have been withdrawn. There were almost no incidents of any kind associated with the withdrawal. It seems that getting out was a lot easier than getting in.
Or was it? Operation Iraqi
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Date:
12/15/2011
At this moment we can take pride that the last combat-assigned brigade has left Iraq and that the country itself is at a point where it may be able to rebuild itself economically and politically. Operation Iraqi Freedom has had a profound impact on everyone associated with it, most importantly,
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Date:
9/1/2010


