Given Mr. Kissinger’s firsthand experience in the anguishing decisions about withdrawal from Vietnam, the disclosure sparked the inevitable Iraq-Vietnam comparisons that Mr. Bush has assiduously sought to avoid.
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Anguishing
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heartbreakheartfelt griefheartgriefheavy hearthellhurthurt the feelingsinfelicityinquietudeinundatejoylessnesslack of pleasurelamentationlanguishmentmalaisemartyrdommartyrizationmelancholiamelancholymisery
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mourningnauseanongratificationnonsatisfactionoppressoppressionordealoverwhelmpainfulnesspenitencepiercepiningplaguepoundprickprostrateprostrationregretruesadnesssavorlessnessshootshrinksmartsorrowsorrowingspleenstabstalenessstingstresssuffersuffer anguishsuicidal despairsweattastelessnesstediousnesstediumthrillthrobtingletrialtroubletwingetwist the knifetwitchuncomfortablenessuneaseuneasinessunhappinessunpleasureunrestunsatisfactionupsetvexation of spiritwincewoeworrywoundwretchednesswrithe
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