Bush besieged by war college: "Mr Record traces the failings of the war on terrorism to its very conception, arguing that a world view which saw purveyors of weapons of mass destruction, leaders of rogue states, and terrorist organisations as part of the same threat has eroded its ability to defend the American heartland.
Entering into an open-ended guerrilla conflict in Iraq has drained its military and financial resources and cost the country dear in international diplomacy, the report says, while emphatically failing to advance the war on terror.
'Operation Iraqi Freedom may have expanded the terrorist threat by establishing a large new American target set in an Arab heartland,' it says. "
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