The Risks of Staying vs. Leaving Iraq

April 19, 2007

Defenders of the war in Iraq point to six major disasters that will ensue following a U.S. military withdrawal. MIT's Barry Posen weighs these arguments, and finds them wanting.

The article appeared in the Boston Globe on Thursday, April 19th, and is available in its entirety here:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/04/19/the_risks_of_staying_vs_leaving_iraq/


Barry Posen is director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy.

Posted by coalition at April 19, 2007 10:02 AM

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