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THE PHOTOS OF PRISONER ABUSE IN IRAQ ARE SHOCKING AND SICKENING.

THEY HURT OUR EFFORTS TO WIN IRAQI HEARTS AND MINDS.

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IT'S INTERESTING YOU SHOULD BRING UP IRAQI HEARTS AND MINDS.

IT'S A SHAME. WE WERE MAKING SUCH STRIDES.

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AFTER SADDAM FLED, DID IT HELD OUR EFFORT TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS FOR PAUL BREMER TO MOVE INTO SADDAM'S PRESIDENTIAL PALACE?

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HINDSIGHT IS 20/20, BUT, THE SYMBOLISM OF AMERICANS MOVING INTO SADDAM'S PALACE DID NOT HELP IN WINNING HEARTS & MINDS.

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AND THE DECISION TO REACTIVATE SADDAM'S NOTORIOUS ABU GHRAIB PRISON? HELPFUL IN WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS?

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THINGS ALWAYS LOOK CLEARER IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR, BUT REOPENING ABU GHRAIB PROBABLY DID NOT WIN ANY HEARTS AND MINDS FOR US.

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WILL THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN NEGROPONTE AS AMBASSADOR HELP? THE...