In Umm Qasr, fears of a second Bush betrayal are fuelled by bitter memories
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That didn’t take long: Britain’s Mirror Hires Fired Veteran Arnett. Of course it is something of a step down. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (1)|
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8,700 Bombs, Missiles Launched at Iraq, U.S.says. And, I should think: “We are seeing significant degradation of those forces” Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (1)|
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It just occurred to me: what if instead of hearing every night about how the best case scenario did not occur (i.e., the cakewalk thesis didn’t play out), we heard about how the worst case scenario did not occur? I know that there has been some reference to the lack of an attack on Israel, the lack of a flood of refugees, etc. Still, it is most remarkable the degree to which many in the press seem most eager to talk about the administration having to rethink its plan (which, actually, I think is an incorrect characterization–I suspect the administration did plan for the failure of the cakewalk. Indeed, the ignorance of many in the press is staggering–they seem to actually think that the US military goes into a place with only one plan, and if that fails they start from scratch…), rather than talk about all that has gone right. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (1)|
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John Leo’s US News column is worth a looksee. A taste: “The Hitlerization of Bush is particularly outlandish since there already is a rather obvious Hitler figure in this drama.” Indeed. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (1)|
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Fareed Zakaria’s column in Newsweek is worth a read. His tone is a bit more critical than I would prefer, but the basics are on target. And, I think this is essentially correct: Many Iraqis will celebrate Saddam’s fall. Others will be angered by a foreign invasion. But most will be on guard to see what happens after the war. That is when America will vindicate itself, if it truly helps to build a new Iraq. After all, the Germans and the Japanese did not cheer in 1945 but they were grateful by 1955. America will win the Iraqis over not by what it does in the next five weeks but rather in the next five years. Although I do think that ultimately there is going to be some serious jubilation when Saddam is utterly toppled. Still, the true liberalization of Iraq is going to take time, and I hope that we are adequately committed to that process. Not only is it the right thing to do, it is also the path that will lead to more security for the United States. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (1)|
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A good piece by Mark Steyn. And, indeed: An innovative war is going very well, and none of the ”setbacks” are unexpected, despite the Saddamites’ determination in their death throes to plumb new depths in depravity. The allied loss of life is wretched for the families involved but strategically significant only as a historically unprecedented low: Just for the record, there have been 10 American combat deaths to approximately 1,000 Iraqi combat deaths, and there is no reason to believe that ratio will change unless Saddam’s conscripts start surrendering faster. It was Stalin who said cynically that one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic. The fact that CNN was able to lapse into its default individual-tragedy mode with soft-focus profiles of each American POW is, in fact, confirmation of how badly the Baathists are doing. He makes several good point–give it a read. Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments/Trackbacks (2)|
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