Why we fight
Take a minute (really it's worth it,) to read Josh Marshall's take on exactly what we're fighting in Iraq. We are no longer fighting Sunnis or Shia or Al Qaeda, but, in fact, a core denial.
An incisive description of why George Bush will never leave Iraq.
This is the key point: right near the beginning of this nightmare it was clear the sole remaining premise for the war was false: that is, the idea that the Iraqis would freely choose a government that would align itself with the US and its goals in the region. As the occupation continued, anti-American sentiment -- both toward the occupation and America's role in the world -- has only grown.
An incisive description of why George Bush will never leave Iraq.
5 Comments:
Wow, that puts into words exactly what I've been thinking for a long time but couldn't express fully as well as this did.
By Handsome B. Wonderful, at 1:02 PM
Exactly. It wowed me at first, then I realized it was explaining what I already knew, but in a very incisive and brilliant way.
It's the same thing, but it's packed very differently. I think it's the revealing of the ultimate enemy as a construction of the system.
I've written god knows how many posts on Iraq and have never pierced this deeply.
By mikevotes, at 1:40 PM
It's become very much a question of national (Western) self-esteem now I think. Bush plays on that.
By Anonymous, at 2:14 PM
Good addition.
That point is implicit in the "defeatism" charges against Democrats.
The charge has meaning not because they're questioning the war, but because it's framed as a questioning of American supremacy.
Good thought.
By mikevotes, at 2:18 PM
If you can't win and argument, try to win a fight.
By -epm, at 6:30 PM
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