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The United States Ends Combat Missions in Iraq

But are we really out?

Calvin Trillin

September 9, 2010

We’ve gotten out—well, not exactly out. So now we wonder, What was that about? We lost a lot—a lot in lives and treasure. So could it be that there’s a way to measure The end result? Well, yes, I think I can: We made the world much safer for Iran.

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


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