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Getting it right is always the wrong approach when it comes to America’s wars.

I waited almost three months for some acknowledgement, but it never came. Not a bottle of champagne. Not a congratulatory note. Not an email of acknowledgement. Not one media request. Authors wait their whole lives for I-told-you-so moments like these. But mine passed without accolades, awards, or adulation. Being way ahead of the pack is supposed to bring honors and rewards, isn’t it? Imagine the response if, for example, a writer had predicted the 9/11 attacks. In fact, one more or less did. “I conceived of Blowback — written in 1999, published in 2000 — as a warning to the Americ...

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And will we believe her this time?

“We need to be whipped into action. Your mobilization has been powerful, and rest assured, we are listening.”