Patrick Seale: US Cannot Win in Iraq

Veteran Middle East analyst Patrick Seale commented in last week's Daily Star (Lebanon) that "America is facing the real possibility of defeat in Iraq." According to Mr. Seale, the insurgency continues unabated, while sectarian violence rises, overseen by over-extended US troops and unprepared Iraqi troops. U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel told U.S. News & World Report just the day before, "The reality is, we're losing in Iraq." Earlier last month, former CIA director John M. Deutch, called for American troops to pull out of Iraq "as soon as possible."

He even compared US withdrawal from Iraq to Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Seale's bottom line? "Occupation breeds insurrection."

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