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</html><description>I figure that if the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had been victories, we would have seen some victory parades. Also too some "leaders" in the political class taking credit for starting them instead of ending them. But no.* So here's one reason why we lost. Paul Jay of the Real News Network interviews Gareth Porter, a historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy analyst.</description></oembed>

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