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will end in snatching defeat from the jaws of uncertainty.

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 Defeat

You can't win in Anbar, Baghdad or anywhere else except politically.

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America and its allies face many risks and problems in Iraq, but it is all too easy to snatch defeat from the jaws of uncertainty.

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 America

This is the first step to allow Iraq to have a unity government, but it's only a first step. The question is, will the new prime minister be capable of leading the country?

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 Government

It's almost a creeping polarization of Iraq along ethnic and sectarian lines, We see a slow, steady loss of confidence, a growing process of distrust.

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 Confidence

Ulster (Northern Ireland) and the Balkans have already shown how difficult it is to split cities, and with Iraq's centralized and failing infrastructure, and impoverished economy, violence and economics cannot be separated.

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It's posturing. The question is: What kind of clout does the political posture have?

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 Kind

It's 50-50 this thing holds together through the spring of 2006. But that is purely a guess.

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This was a largely punitive operation. It did not cripple any of Saddam's capabilities.

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 Capability

We did not plan three years ago to create more than token Iraqi forces. Now we're at 230,000 roughly and counting. Our whole strategy is dependent on the success of the Iraqi army and the Iraqi police.

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