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Letter: Undefined war has indiscriminate goals

Saturday, April 28, 2007 | 7:23 a.m.

As everyone argues over whether we can win the war in Iraq, I wonder which war people are talking about?

Based on reasons sold to the American people by this administration, we have already won the war in Iraq. Saddam is gone and dead, there are no weapons of mass destruction or chemical weapons. But in typical George Orwellian double speak, the reasons we went to war got changed to nation-building. Probably had something to do with the fact that the original reasons where lies.

What we are losing is the occupancy of Iraq. We invaded another country and have occupied it. For some strange reason the people of Iraq resent this and are fighting back.

So the only way to win the war of occupation of Iraq is if we stay there forever. Maybe make it the 51st state?

Steve Watkins, Las Vegas

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