sort of produce some responses to what colonel monsoor says. lieutenant colonel rayburn is leading an operational study of the iraq war for the u.s. army. he is also studying more his ph.d. at texas a&m university concerning the british experience in iraq which i think was probably worse than the american experience in iraq, i hope. and we're really pleased to have both of you here, so welcome to both of you. colonel monsoor's going to give his presentation at the podium now. thank you. >> well, thank you, peter, for that kind introduction, and thank you all for coming today. i really appreciate the new america foundation sponsoring this talk. i was not going to write this book. i retired from the military in 2008, and although i knew that there was a story to be told there, i was going to let it take some time to digest and develop. and i was thinking maybe 10, 20 years down the road i would write a history of the iraq war. but a couple years later mt. summer of 2010 -- in the summer of 2010 i was at a conscious with a veritable who's who of c

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