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THE GAMBLE
General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Thomas Ricks discusses his latest best seller in a riveting address to The Commonwealth Club. It can be viewed in its entirety here:
http://fora.tv/2009/02/23/Thomas_Ricks_ ... chapter_00

"The events for which the Iraq war will be remembered probably have not yet happened." This is actually the last line of the book but one which made the biggest impression on me. We are going to be there for a long, long time.

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