There was an almost divine quality to American power it was merciless in its practice, flawless in its execution, ... Saddam had ruled for thirty-five years the Americans had toppled him in less than three weeks, and relatively few of their soldiers had died in the task. How could these same Americans be so feeble in the aftermath
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