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In Iraq war, time is a weapon Special Forces officer: What we now have in Iraq is incredibly complex - elements of a failed state, insurgency and terrorism. By Bernd Debusmann - WASHINGTON US forces in Iraq, locked in a war that cannot be won by military force alone, are facing a weapon that tends to favor insurgents - time. The war is in its fourth year and public support is waning. According to opinion polls taken in May, a majority of Americans think that invading Iraq was a mistake and that things in Iraq are going badly. The souring...