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1、LessonNine.Iraq:Whowonthewar?Notthe90,000Iraqiciviliansorthe4,200USandUKtroopskilledsince2003.Thebigwinnersarethemoneymenwhohavemadebillions.RaymondWhitakerandStephenFoleyreport1.Fiveyearsagotoday,Britainstoodonthebrinkofwar.On16March2003,UnitedNationsweaponsinspec-torswereadvise
2、dtoleaveIraqwithin48hours,andthe"shockandawe"bombingcampaignbeganlessthan100hourslater,on20March.ThemomenttheneoconsaroundPresidentGeorgeBushhadworkedsolongfor,aidedbythemoralfervourofTonyBlair,wasabouttoarrive.2."IbelievedemolishingHussein'smilitarypowerandliberatingIraqwouldbea
3、cakewalk,"KennethAdelman,aleadingneocon,hadsaidafewweeksbefore,andsoitproved.Withinbarelyamonth,Saddam'sbronzestatueinBaghdad'sFirdausSquarewasscrapmetal.ButeveryotherpredictionbytheBushadministration'shawksprovedwrong.3.Noweaponsofmassdestruction–Britain'skeyjustificationforwar–
4、havebeenfound.ThePentagonacknowledgedlastweekthatareviewofmorethan600,000capturedIraqidocumentsshowed"noevidencethatSaddamHussein'sregimehadanyoperationallinkswithOsamabinLaden'sal-Qa'idaterroristnetwork".4.In2008,therearestillmoreAmericantroopsinIraqthanduringtheinvasion,withnoe
5、xityetinsight.Britain'sMinistryofDefencehasjustadmittedthatithasbeenunabletowithdrawasmanyBritishtroopsasitplanned–thereare4,000stillbasedjustoutsideBasra,insteadoftheprojected2,500.Sofar3,987Americansoldiersand197BritishtroopshavediedinIraq.5.So,fiveyearson,whocanbesaidtohavewon
6、thewar?CertainlynotIraqicivilians,atleast90,000ofwhomhavediedviolentlysince2003,atthemostconservativeestimate.Otherstudieshavemultipliedthatfigurebyfiveorsix.TwomillionIraqishavefledthecountry,andatleastasmanyagainareinternallydisplaced.Baghdadhouseholdssufferedpowercutsofuptoeig
7、hthoursadayinSaddam'stime;nowtheycanexpectlessthaneighthoursofelectricityadayonaverage.TheUStroop"surge"hascutthenumberofmurders,buttherearestill26adayinthecapital.Thelistgoeson.6.Norhavetheeagerpromotorsofthewar,suchasMrAdelman,faredwell.(ByOctober2006hewasadmitting:"We'relosing
8、inIraq.")Themostarrogantofthemall,Donald
