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Bush on Iraq

He's digging us in, deeper and deeper.

Calvin Trillin

September 20, 2007

“Return on success! Return on success!” Yes, that was the theme of Bush’s address: The surge worked so well we’ll soon fight this war With only the force we had there before. The slogan is new, the policy’s tired. The slogan should be, “Well folks, we’re still mired.”

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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