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New York For Paul
10-18-2008, 10:16 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Unintended-Consequences-Strengthened-Americas-Enemies/dp/1416562257/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224300294&sr=1-1

The Iraq war was intended to make the United States more secure, bring democracy to the Middle East, intimidate Iran and Syria, help win the war on terror, consolidate American world leadership, and entrench the Republican Party for decades. Instead,

* Bush handed Iran its greatest strategic triumph in four centuries
* U.S. troops now fight to support an Iraqi government led by religious parties intent on creating an Iranian-style Islamic republic
* As part of the surge, the United States created a Sunni militia led by the same Baathists the U.S. invaded Iraq to overthrow administration gave Iran and North Korea a free pass to advance their nuclear programs
* Obsessed with Iraq's nonexistent WMD, the Bush administration gave Iran and North Korea a free pass to advance their nuclear programs
* Turkey, a key NATO ally long considered a model pro-Western Muslim democracy, became one of the most anti-American countries in the world
* U.S. prestige around the world reached an all-time low