Thursday, Aug 13th
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The outgoing commander of US troops in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has said that he will never declare victory there.
In a BBC interview, Gen Petraeus said that recent security gains were "not irreversible" and that the US still faced a "long struggle".
TVNL Comment: Has anyone defined 'victory' in Iraq? Is it when we've depleted the country of all its oil, or when there are no more billion dollar contracts to distribute? Another hundred years? Probably...
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