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Okay I know this is really long but it's an interesting article that lots of people are talking about. What do you think of it?

"The Atlantic Monthly | October 2004

BUSH'S LOST YEAR
By deciding to invade Iraq, the Bush Administration decided not to do many other things: not to reconstruct Afghanistan, not to deal with the threats posed by North Korea and Iran, and not to wage an effective war on terror. An inventory of opportunities lost..."

Post edited to avoid a copyright violation. One can post a brief excerpt of an article, but one can not post an entire article without violating copyrights.
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By Riflesforwatie (Riflesforwatie) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 03:26 pm: Edit

Can you link to the article, peacefulchaos?

By Jl87d (Jl87d) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 04:01 pm: Edit

Found it. Google works wonders! Here's a link to the article the original poster had posted (different editorial version however).

http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2004-2_archives/000094.html

By Peacefulchaos (Peacefulchaos) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 05:26 pm: Edit

http://www.stopgwbush.us/fallows-lostyear.html

By Testertest (Testertest) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 03:56 am: Edit

What about the economic consequences to the USA?

It scares me.

By Lizschup (Lizschup) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 08:28 am: Edit

Good article. If more people understood this, Bush would not be re-elected. Here is an excerpt:

As a courtesy, we allowed a small excerpt and two links to the article. Providing additional excerpts will not be tolerated. Please do not abuse our leniency by trying to circumvent the spirit of the first moderating message.

By Lizschup (Lizschup) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 02:38 pm: Edit

Sorry for the innocent mistake-didn't see the first excerpt. I wasn't trying to circumvent anything.