Christopher Hitchens sobre Irak: "…those who no…

Christopher Hitchens sobre Irak:

“…those who now deplore and decry the “civil war” (or the “civil wars”) must, in order to be serious, admit that they would have deplored such an outcome just as much if it had not happened on America’s watch or had (like Rwanda) been something that we could have pretended to watch as disinterested or—even worse—uninterested spectators.

The habit of viewing Iraq as a crisis that only began in 2003—a lazy habit that is conditioned by the needs of the impending 2008 election—is an obstacle to understanding. Everybody has their own favorite alternative scenario of how things might have evolved differently or better. In some weak moments, I can picture taking the alternative advice from the European Union and the United Nations in 2003—let’s just see how Iraq develops if left alone as a private fiefdom of the Saddam Hussein dynasty—and only then deciding that things have deteriorated to the point where an international intervention is necessitated.”

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Michelle Malkin volvió de Irak

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Como ya comentaron por acá Ramiro y Víctor, anoch…

Como ya comentaron por acá Ramiro y Víctor, anoche el presidente de EEUU anunció su plan para tratar de detener o limitar la violencia étnica en Irak, que incluye, entre otras cosas, el envío de 20.000 soldados adicionales. La verdad es que no lo escuché en directo, tuve que bañar a los chicos, pero no hace falta.

Como soy argentino y me las sé todas, les dejo las dos condiciones necesarias pero no suficientes para la victoria en Irak. Tomen nota.

Primero: una definición clara de los objetivos.
Segundo: dejar la corrección política de lado y empezar a manejarse como en un conflicto armado de verdad.

En fin, tanto o más importante que el número de efectivos es cómo se los usa.

Actualización:
Transcripción del Discurso del Presidente Bush, de Carlos en BlogBis.

Relacionado con el post de VCA, Jonah Goldberg esc…

Relacionado con el post de VCA, Jonah Goldberg escribe sobre la estrategia de Bush, los demócratas e Irak:

Here we have a president forthrightly trying to win a war, and the opposition — which not long ago was in favor of increasing troops, when Bush was against that — won’t say what it wants. This is flatly immoral. If you believe the war can’t be won and there’s nothing to be gained by staying, then, to paraphrase Sen. John Kerry, you’re asking more men to die for a mistake. You should demand withdrawal. But that might cost votes, so the Dems don’t. And, of course, Kerry, Pelosi and other Democrats were in favor of more troops before they were against it.