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(printable PDF version)<\/a> (HTML version)<\/a> (summary)<\/a> by Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Report #16<\/em>, July 2004. Can the “new” approach to the Iraq mission succeed where the previous effort failed? “No,” the fundamental problem is mission goals that are overly ambitious, intrusive, and polarizing. The report analyzes the failures of the US postwar mission in Iraq and proposes essential steps toward peace, stability, and US withdrawal.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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