The fatal flaw
By Michael J.W. Stickings
Our must-read of the day is Zbigniew Brzezinski's "Five Flaws in the President's Plan" at WaPo. These lines stand out:
-- "Its language was less Islamophobic than has been customary with President Bush's rhetoric since Sept. 11, though the president still could not resist the temptation to engage in a demagogic oversimplification of the challenge the United States faces in Iraq..."
-- "The commitment of 21,500 more troops is a political gimmick of limited tactical significance and of no strategic benefit. It is insufficient to win the war militarily."
-- "The speech did not explore even the possibility of developing a framework for an eventual political solution."
-- "The speech reflects a profound misunderstanding of our era. America is acting like a colonial power in Iraq. But the age of colonialism is over. Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating. That is the fatal flaw of Bush's policy."
Indeed it is. Read the whole piece.
Our must-read of the day is Zbigniew Brzezinski's "Five Flaws in the President's Plan" at WaPo. These lines stand out:
-- "Its language was less Islamophobic than has been customary with President Bush's rhetoric since Sept. 11, though the president still could not resist the temptation to engage in a demagogic oversimplification of the challenge the United States faces in Iraq..."
-- "The commitment of 21,500 more troops is a political gimmick of limited tactical significance and of no strategic benefit. It is insufficient to win the war militarily."
-- "The speech did not explore even the possibility of developing a framework for an eventual political solution."
-- "The speech reflects a profound misunderstanding of our era. America is acting like a colonial power in Iraq. But the age of colonialism is over. Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating. That is the fatal flaw of Bush's policy."
Indeed it is. Read the whole piece.
posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at
1:36 AM
1 Comments:
Not a speech about closing a chapter in the Middle East. Between the lines, America was being told that he is thinking of opening a new chapter with another "Axis of Evil" member- Iran, and possibly Syria. A fresh Carrier has been sent to the Persian Gulf to underline this
developing idea.
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