July 2007 Issue [Readings] Variations on a mirage Download PDF Adjust Share by Edward Luttwak, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 2001- 21st century Attitudes Defenses Foreign relations Iran Israel-Arab conflicts Middle East Orientalists Petroleum industry and trade Social conditions State-sponsored terrorism Strategic aspects United States More from Edward Luttwak 9. The Military From the Forum “Undoing Bush” It has always been the case that failed wars damage armies and sometimes break them. So it is with Iraq, unless remedies intervene soon enough.… Dead end Counterinsurgency warfare as military malpractice American Coup d’etat Military thinkers discuss the unthinkable Adjust Share