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A prominent columnist apologizes for having been wrong about the war in Iraq

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By Pat Cunningham

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The example set HERE by David Ignatius should be emulated by certain other people I could name:

Ten years ago this week, I was covering the U.S. military as it began its assault on Iraq. As I read back now over my clips, I see a few useful warnings about the difficulties ahead. But I owe readers an apology for being wrong on the overriding question of whether the war made sense.

Invading Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein a decade ago was one of the biggest strategic errors in modern American history. We’ll never know whether the story might have ...

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