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" The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists. "

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" Is the Iranian record of intervention and terror worse than that of the U.S.? "

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" Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous. "

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" The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg principles. They understand that sectarian violence and the other postwar horrors are contained within the supreme international crime committed by the invaders. "

" U.S. Government propaganda tries to give the impression that aerial bombardment achieves near-surgical accuracy, so that military targets can be destroyed with minimal effect on civilians. Technical documents give a different picture. "

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Executive Power

" States are not moral agents. "