A U.S. military-intelligence officer told me last summer about a
leader of the Iraqi insurgency who lived in Damascus. "We know his
address. We know his phone number," the officer said. "Then why don't
we just take him out?" I asked. "Well, that's not the sort of thing
we do very well," the officer replied. "We have enough trouble
keeping track of his whereabouts." When I wondered if I'd been
watching too many spy movies, the officer smiled gently and said,
"Probably."
That conversation...
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