At the Foggy Bottom of the Iraq Story

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The Washington Post provided a luminously clear picture last week of the ongoing, enormously important, battle over the “meaning” of events in the Middle East war, including its own efforts.

On Wednesday, December 19 tucked away on the fourteenth page of the front sections, the Post reported the Pentagon’s analysis of the recent stunning decrease in attacks against Coalition Forces and Iraqis. Did it mean that Iran — widely viewed as a prime mover in support of terrorist groups in Iraq — had voluntarily cut back on its aggressive role in the war? Or did it mean that security forces in Iraq had put the terrorists on the defensive, made their lives more difficult, and thus blocked many of their efforts?

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