Kevin Drum gets it about right.
Before the war, we passed up a chance to take out terrorist mastermind Abu Musab Zarqawi ? for political reasons. We invaded with too few troops ? for political reasons. We lowballed the cost of the war ? for political reasons. We ignored the UN and then turned around and pleaded for their help ? for political reasons. Then we installed Iyad Allawi as president behind the UN's back ? for political reasons.And just recently we've learned that the Marines were yo-yoed in and out of Fallujah ? for political reasons. The president has bizarrely dismissed his own intelligence agencies' analysis of Iraq as "guessing" ? for political reasons. He's ignored the advice of his own generals about troop requirements for the upcoming elections ? for political reasons. And assaults on Baathist enclaves have been postponed until December ? for fairly obvious political reasons.
And Thursday's press conference was just scary. It's no longer clear if George Bush is merely a cynical, calculating politician ? which would be bad enough ? or if he actually believes all the happy talk about Iraq that his speechwriters produce for him.
You mean about right as in Allawi is prime minister?
Sure, 'Dan', that's exactly what I mean.
It sure is good that Allawi is 'prime minister', because the time to blame the pilot of a crashed airplane is always AFTER the sound of impact.
Of course, it's rare that we have an opportunity to criticize BEFORE that...
J.
Further, 'Dan', if you'd like to do a little non-Drudge reading on the topic, check this out:
http://kenlayne.com/2004/09/meet-ayad-allawi.html
Now do you understand why Allawi's nomination to prime minister doesn't fill me full of confidence?
J.
i just think it's tons more fun to make drive-by barbed comments without substance to back them up, and then split. because real debates are, like, really scary. :)
Dumb ass. I was pointing out his imprecision, not contradicting his argument. I thought you knew all fake 'dan' e-mail addresses are me? And pointing out the inaccuracies in polemics is always worthwhile, if only so we all remember what propaganda is. I was actually being a smart ass about your link, as much as anything. I'm an editor, lazy mistakes lead me to distrust the author. Sue me.
oh, okay. i just thought that maybe since you're thisclose with the english language, and have a corner on the market of precise expression, you might've actually been able to muster more than one sentence about it, and let us know the "real" thrust of your message without resorting to name-calling. but i see i was mistaken. :)
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