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The dirty little secret of the Iraq war isn't in Baghdad or Basra. Rather, it's found in the squalid brothels of Damascus and the poorest neighborhoods of East Amman.

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    tehranchik3 months, 2 weeks ago

    None of this should have happened---it shouldn't BE happening. To those who think our present regime will be judged kindly by history---think again.

    Education could be a way out.....

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      Beau78903 months, 2 weeks ago

      As Kristof says in the article:

      "We broke Iraq, and we have a moral responsibility to those whose lives have been shattered by our actions. Helping them is also in our national interest, for we'll regret our myopia if we allow young Iraqi refugees to grow up uneducated and unemployable, festering in their societies."

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