Musings of a (Fairly) Young Contrarian: Top myths about Iraq

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Top myths about Iraq

Alternet has a good piece on the top ten fallacies about the civil war in Iraq.

Among the canards:

-"Syria and Iran are behind the violence."

-"Foreign fighters, especially jihadis, are fueling the violence."

and the most popular one of late

-"If we do not defeat the violent actors there, they will follow us here."

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Top myths about Iraq

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