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Sam Brannen, a fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Bush: As Wars Rage, US Must Hold Firm."
May 29, 2008

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International Security Program

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Samuel Brannen

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President Bush said Wednesday that rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan is proving difficult as the wars rage on, and ''we're learning as we go.'' [ . .]

The postwar analogy between World War II and today is ''patently false,'' said Sam Brannen, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The stateless enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq ''are not accountable to the same command-and-control structures that existed in Japan and Germany,'' he said.

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