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What to Do in Iraq: Responses and Discussion

Responses and Discussion
By Christopher Hitchens, Fred Kaplan, Marc Lynch, Kevin Drum, Stephen Biddle, and Larry Diamond
July 12, 2007
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In this special web-only supplement, Christopher Hitchens, Fred Kaplan, Kevin Drum, and Marc Lynch respond to the roundtable, "What to Do in Iraq."

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Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens is a columnist for Vanity Fair and the author of A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq.

Fred KaplanFred Kaplan is the "War Stories" columnist for Slate and the author of The Wizards of Armageddon.

Kevin DrumKevin Drum is a contributing writer for The Washington Monthly and author of the blog "Political Animal" at www.washingtonmonthly.com.

Marc LynchMarc Lynch is an associate professor in the department of political science at Williams College and the author of Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq, al-Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today. He writes the blog "Abu Aardvark" at www.abuaardvark.com.

Stephen BiddleStephen Biddle is a Senior Fellow in Defense Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of Military Power.

Larry DiamondLarry Diamond is a Senior Fellow at the
Hoover Institution, and the author of Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq.

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