From: To: Bce: Subject: Date: Attachments: Inline-Images: Gregory Brown undisclosed-recipients:; [email protected] Greg Brown's Weekend Reading and Other Things.... 06/22/2014 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 08:02:53 +0000 5_Foods_Every_Midlifer_Needs_To_Start_Eating_Today_Yagana_Shah_Huff_Post_06_06 2014.docx; Sammy_Davisit_bio.docx; Political_Polarization_in_the_American_Public_PEW_June_12,_2014.docx; Bionic_Eye_AlJazeeraiune_12,_2014.docx; U.S._Healthcare,_Most_Expensive_and_Worst_Performing_OLGA_KHAZAN_The_Atlanti c_June_16,_2014.docx; How to Manage_the_Mess_in_Iraq_Michael_Eisenstadt_USNews_June_ 1 8,_2014.docx; An aciave strategyfor_Iraq_Fareed_Zakaria_TWP_June_ 1 9,_2014.docx; Denise_Squared_Wedding_-_June_21,_2014.docx; Denise_&_Dad_- _Father_ &_ Daughter_dancejpg image.png; image(1).png; image(2).png; image(3).png; image(4).png; image(5).png; image(6).png; image(7).png; image(8).png; image(9).png; image(10).png; image(11).png; image(12).png; image(13).png; image(14).png; image(15).png; image(16).png DEAR FRIEND As JFK once lamented, "Success has a thousand fathers while failure is an orphan," in light of the recent events in Iraq journalist and author Fareed Zakaria wrote an op-ed last week in The Washington Post — Who lost Iraq? The Iraqis did, with an assist from George W. Bush. With the fall of Mosal to ISIS insurgents, Kirkuk to Kurdish forces and a number of Sunni groups threatening to march on Baghdad it is becoming increasingly likely that Iraq has reached a turning point of no return as forces hostile to the government have grown stronger, better equipped and more organized. And having now secured arms, ammunition and hundreds of millions of dollars in cash from their takeover of Mosul — Iraq's second-largest city — they will build on these strengths. Inevitably, in Washington, the question has surfaced: Who lost Iraq? EFTA01193614