Arthur Chrenkoff, one of the greatest news collators of all time, is still optimistic that Iraq will turn out well. So am I. I think Andrew Sullivan has led a couple of the charges politicking of the Iraq war though, despite what he says. I’ll grant Andrew that I don’t think he necessarily intended political profiteering, although that just means he’s been one of the largest dupes in recent memory.
Meanwhile, Christopher Hitchens, elegant as always, reminds us of what we’ve accomplished, and points out what we have to lose, and where we are.
Peter Brooks points out similar foreign policy mistakes our country is posed to make in the near future, if the Democrats take control.
And here’s a bit more history: Frank Warner marks the 8th Anniversary of Clinton signing the Iraq Liberation Act, which says he’d do everything that Bush actually did.
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“And here’s a bit more history: Frank Warner marks the 8th Anniversary of Clinton signing the Iraq Liberation Act, which says he’d do everything that Bush actually did.”
But could he possibly have done it so badly, even had he tried?
Certainly: Bush at least keeps our military in command, he lets them make all the decisions on the ground, which is half the reason most of the Democrats are so derisive of his Iraq policy. They want to see him armchair quarterbacking the entire thing. On the other hand, our military was a bit more conventional during Clinton. It has since been trimmed down to much more of a special forces type military. I would estimate that if we were to have done the same thing with the military Clinton had, Iraq would not have fallen so quickly, but it would have been slightly more stable initially. Security would be better overall through having more numbers on the ground, but the ability to go after and catch specific terrorist cells wouldn’t be as good.