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...problem is that the U.S. has become captive to the government it helped create. Baghdad knows Washington is not going to withdraw troops or decrease aid because the stakes of failure in Iraq are too high for the United States to abandon it prematurely. So there aren't many levers left to the Americans to influence the Iraqis. And without that influence, the Shi'ites and Kurds are free to engage in zero-sum politics, such as the constitutional process where there was little effort to accommodate Sunnis, even though America deemed Sunni inclusion crucial to undermining the insurgency...
Kudos to Sheehan for her bravery. The U.S. has just two choices in this war: pull out now and have Iraq immediately dissolve into civil war, or withdraw later on and have Iraq immediately dissolve into civil...
...distancing themselves from their family. Their friends have a significant impact on the metamorphosis that goes on during those transition years. Many of the changes teenagers go through take place behind closed doors, and like it or not, parents aren't invited to the party. Although teens tend to withdraw from family at that time, it is very important that parents keep connected with them. Allowing young teens just to find their own way can be very dangerous...
...Iraq when no weapons of mass destruction were found, Administration officials have begun to sound more nimble about when the job will be done. When the insurgency came to life in the months after the March 2003 invasion, the President vowed that U.S. forces would not withdraw until the rebels were crushed. But U.S. officials now believe that every province does not need to be completely pacified before U.S. troops pull out. In the past three months, the Pentagon has concluded that the war against the insurgents "is not winnable in the near term," says Seth Jones, an Iraq expert...
...clear that the Security Council would take action. China and Russia, which have extensive economic interests in Iran, could veto sanctions. And some diplomats fear that trying to force Iran's hand would backfire by prompting Tehran to withdraw from the system of UN inspections and other NPT obligations as did North Korea two years ago. Right now, Iran may be playing hardball, but unlike North Korea it is still playing the game...