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The Iraq bombings

The bombings that have killed 65 people in Iraq in recent days shouldn’t be a surprise. The war is not over, despite what many Americans seem to want to think. I think President Obama is only now realizing just how screwed he is with Iraq. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

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The bombings that have killed 65 people in Iraq in recent days shouldn’t be a surprise. The war is not over, despite what many Americans seem to want to think.

I think President Obama is only now realizing just how screwed he is with Iraq.

JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1
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