I can’t help it, these people piss me off March 25, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : Iraq, US, So-called Democrats, Palestine , add a commentAnother “I was wrong” from someone on the American so-called left. At least, this post is well thought out and comprehensive. But it did take a severe defeat and thousands of innocent deaths, to wake some folks up.
Let’s see if all this self-reflection evolves to a consciousness that includes broader issues, such as Palestine, to cite just one example. Sure isn’t happening with the Democratic party leaders, is it? That’s a complete non-issue to the well-meaning American left but that’s its foreign policy test, as far as I am concerned. And an open-ended “peace process” that never comes to closure while the situation of Palestinian worsens - à la Bill Clinton - is not a policy, just a dodge.
Iraq = Bush’s Vietnam, says Ignatius
Posted by Delilah in : General, Iraq, US, Washington Consensus , add a commentWaPo’s self-appointed wiseboy, David Ignatius, is waking up. Hurray. He’s figured out that Iraq is Bush’s Vietnam in all sorts of ways, including presidential communications, and frets that a decent communication strategy is needed to manage an orderly departure from Iraq…
Whatever - at every antiwar demonstration that I attended, there have been t-shirts reading “Iraq=Bush’s Vietname”. Glad to see Ignatius come onboard. Sure took him and the rest of Washington’s establishment long enough.
