Blakehall is a muscly entrepreneur in Washington, dc, who hunted Islamic insurgents and buried friends before he was 25 years old. He is one of about 1.5m Iraq veterans and, like many, he feels frustrated that America's mission is coming to a close without much fanfare. "At a great cost of blood and treasure, we achieved nothing tangible," he says. Many disagree. Iraq is no longer a dictatorship, though still something of a violent police state. On August 15th a few dozen bombs exploded across the country, killing at least 89 Iraqis.
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