| The Iraq War--now ending its fifth bloody year--not only a human tragedy of enormous consequence and possibly the greatest strategic blunder in US history but also a systemic failure of American political and journalistic institutions. Instead of checking George Bush's imperial impulse for the good of the Republic, the Congress and the national press corps tended to their careers and their political viability. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.