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SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH US GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS
"We Have to Raise our Sights Beyond the Range of an M-16"

In an interview with SPIEGEL, General David Petraeus, a former commander in Iraq who is now responsible for training United States Army troops, discusses the lessons of Baghdad, the reasons a war can't be won using weapons alone and why America's future warriors need a post-graduate education.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...455199,00.html

THE WORLD FROM BERLIN
The 'Ugliest Americans of All Time'

US President George W. Bush's Wednesday speech on Iraq was marketed as the announcement of a change in strategy. It wasn't -- and many critics both in the US and Germany are unhappy.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...459353,00.html

BUSH'S NEW IRAQ STRATEGY
"The Most Dangerous Foreign Policy Blunder Since Vietnam"

By Marc Pitzke

George W. Bush's last attempt to win the war in Iraq is meeting with strong resistance. His own party is criticizing him with brutal openness, calling his new ideas for Iraq a disaster. Bush is almost completely isolated -- like Richard Nixon during his final days in office.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...459369,00.html

BUSH'S IRAQ STRATEGY
More Blood, More Money, More Doubts

By Georg Mascolo in Washington

130,000 US soldiers haven't been able to bring peace to Iraq. Now George W. Bush has admitted his error -- and is sending in a further 21,000 troops. The US President is thus almost completely ignoring the recommendations of the Baker Commission.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...459048,00.html

*sigh*