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	<title><![CDATA[The Ticking Iraqi Clock]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sgt-john-bruhns/the-ticking-iraqi-clock_b_116678.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>As an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRACs0GLtKg">Iraq veteran</a> it's very hard for me to grip the strong possibility that the troop surge in Iraq was all for naught. So recently I have been focusing on the successes of the surge in Iraq without political or ideological blinders. I recently wrote a piece to touch on a <a href="http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080721_IRAQ__THE_REAL_COST_OF_STAYING_THE_COURSE.html">different angle</a> than my usual argument that the war is unjustified and illegal in the eyes of millions of Americans and the world community. However, this...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-08-12T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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