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Postwar Honeymoon for U.S. Foreign Policy

Apr 12, 2003 | 13:27 GMT

Summary

For all intents and purposes, the war is over. From a U.S. perspective, it was a short, relatively painless, complete butt-whuppin' of the Iraqi military. Its success has made it popular, and its popularity will skew political discourse in the United States for the near future. This will offer the Bush administration a brief honeymoon within which to pursue any further aggressive foreign policy options it may deem necessary.

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