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Wingfield and Bookman: Iraq, the past, the future

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By Jay Bookman
May 27, 2015

My friend and colleague Kyle Wingfield sat down yesterday to talk a bit about Iraq, the lessons it might teach us about foreign policy, its impact on the 2016 presidential elections and what the future may hold.

A little explanation on the process: Kyle and I agree on a topic, then each prepares a number of points that we want to make. However, neither of us knows specifically what the other is going to say. The results are then woven together into a finished product by AJC producer Elissa Eubanks.

For further recent reading on the topic:

http://jaybookman.blog.ajc.com/2015/05/11/hillary-the-bush-brothers-and-the-decision-to-invade-iraq/

http://jaybookman.blog.ajc.com/2015/04/15/1520/

http://jaybookman.blog.ajc.com/2015/04/09/dick-cheney-embodies-much-that-is-wrong-with-todays-america/

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