We must prepare for a 30-year war in the Middle East
Twelve years after George W Bush proclaimed a new era of peace and stability in Iraq, the Middle East is more unstable and dangerous than ever before.
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Washington’s meltdown in Iraq
A shift of vocabulary can be the harbinger of a new understanding. The notable increase in recent weeks in the use of the term “civil war” to describe what is happening in Iraq — which has included powerful statements from Kofi Annan and King Abdullah of Jordan — may prove significant.
