Four solutions for Fallujah

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By Mark LeVine

"As US forces penetrate ever deeper and more destructively into the
Iraqi city of Fallujah, each of the major players in this violent drama
is engaged in a complex, constantly shifting calculus involving ways of
turning events to their advantage. Of the many possible outcomes to the
battle of Fallujah, the four that seem most plausible follow, starting
with the one that might be viewed most positively by the administration
of US President George W Bush. In sum, they offer us a grim picture of
how the window of success has closed on American strategists in Iraq.
Even the "best" outcomes below (from the administration's point of
view) have lost the trappings of freedom and democracy that helped
justify the invasion 19 months ago."
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