Ever since the run-up to the war in Iraq, we have heard the word “quagmire” thrown about loosely. Those who use the term never seem to provide a test for determining whether a quagmire exists but, for my money, a good test is whether “ceasefires” are occurring. Now that they are in Iraq, it may be time to officially acknowledge that we are in a quagmire. Alternatively, it may simply be time to cease the phony ceasefires. Jed Babbin, for National Review Online, makes the case that it is long past time to end the one in Fallujah. After that, “no more ceasefires anywhere, please, until the insurgents are beaten decisively.”
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