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Maybe this is a good time for Bush to stop and rethink the path he has chosen with regard to ME policy in general and Iraq in particular.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4372634.stmAnother death, another grim milestone for US forces in Iraq.
First it was 100, then 1,000, now 2,000 killed in action for a goal still elusive two-and-a-half years after the invasion.
Whether a landmark or - as the Pentagon says - "an artificial mark on the wall", the latest casualty count is a reminder of the hard road still ahead in Iraq - and at home.
It was supposed to be so easy.
The same images are still fresh in the mind: the triumphant toppling of Saddam's statue, President George W Bush flying into declare "Mission accomplished", a defiant president urging soldiers, "Bring them on".
But now flagging public support for the mission, and the president, is facing another psychological test.
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