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More than 85% of the Iraqi people want American forces to leave as no other possible means of solving the crisis remains

The United States of America has a long tradition of honoring winners and mercilessly tossing losers into history’s dustbin. That’s why it borders on the miraculous that they’re pussyfooting around General Motors so timidly and even want to let Rick Wagoner continue calling the shots.

What's important is that Bush loved his dog Barnie, long considered him his good friend and, most importantly, never talked about politics with him. Perhaps Barnie never discussed politics so as to avoid dying at an early age.

After having fought for ten years in the sands of Iraq, America is asking itself if it still has a role to play in a region where it is not even taken especially seriously.

The memoirs of the former U.S. secretary of defense do speak volumes — for some, a great deal too much.

The official America was Vietnam, the coup in Chile, and Watergate. Later it was the Iran-Contras scandal, Iraq and Guantanamo.

Woodward, who after four books about Bush must realize what kind of cesspool he mistook for a national stage, tries to give himself cover by saying Bush’s replacement will certainly and unfortunately discover it was all actually worse than anyone suspected.