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|source=The Washington Post | |source=The Washington Post | ||
|date=December 27, 2006 | |date=December 27, 2006 | ||
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|quote="We need to cut through the confusion. Bringing security to Baghdad -- the essential precondition for political compromise, national reconciliation and economic development -- is possible only with a surge of at least 30,000 combat troops lasting 18 months or so. Any other option is likely to fail." | |quote="We need to cut through the confusion. Bringing security to Baghdad -- the essential precondition for political compromise, national reconciliation and economic development -- is possible only with a surge of at least 30,000 combat troops lasting 18 months or so. Any other option is likely to fail." | ||
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{{opinion|Post-invasion Iraq|United States should increase troop levels|for}} | {{opinion|Post-invasion Iraq|United States should increase troop levels|for}} |
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Author(s) | Jack Keane, Frederick W. Kagan |
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Source | The Washington Post |
Date | December 27, 2006 |
URL | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/26/AR2006122600773.html |
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This item argues for the position United States should increase troop levels on the topic Post-invasion Iraq.