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In Which the White House Press Corps Makes Me Guzzle Antifreeze

Before leaving on a well-deserved vacation, President Obama made a statement on the situation in northern Iraq and took a few questions.

Near the end, one of the esteemed members of the White House press corps asked—and I’m paraphrasing—”Do you regret not leaving troops in Iraq.”

I beat my head against my desk and blacked out for a few minutes upon hearing this query, but have now recovered enough to pen this essay.

This shouldn’t have to be repeated ad nauseam, but it seems that it must be so.

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