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On Finding the War Has Produced a New Generation of Jihadists

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By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the October 16, 2006 edition of The Nation.

September 28, 2006

"One of the hardest parts of my job is to
connect Iraq to the war on terror."
        --George W. Bush to Katie Couric

Iraq's connected, just as Bush implied--
Producing fighters for the other side.
If we just stay the course and not take flight,
We'll never lack for terrorists to fight.

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About Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation's "deadline poet." He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1963 and has written the syndicated weekly column "Uncivil Liberties" since 1986. He has authored many, many books, including Tepper's Not Going Out and Deadline Poet: My Life as a Doggerelist. more...
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