Thomas Friedman asserted this morning that the US needs to "finish" Iraq. I would argue that it's not for the US to "finish" Iraq; it's not in our power to do that. And this NYT report makes it clear that, to the extent "finishing" Iraq means ensuring its security, Iraq may be well beyond anyone's power to finish.
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