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(Astropolitics’ good friend sent us this cartoon with additional captions)
 
 
The cartoonist missed a couple steps. After we send in even more hunters …
2.       When that doesn’t work, blame the tribal leaders for sending you.
3.       Demand never to be sent to tar pits again (Og say “no more tar pits”) unless you have way more hunters [...]

Here’s a penetrating strategic assessment on Iraq by Bartle Bull (of Prospect). Bull’s essay, “Mission Accomplished,” is long, but it’s reasoned, articulate, and extremely well-supported. I’m serving it up here on astropolitics.org blog not to open an argument about the Iraqi question, but to offer a quality litmus test to those Iraq-focused strategists [...]