Re: George W. Bush's Suicidal Statecraft

"Josh Hill" <usereplyto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> A hard-headed rundown from Zbigniew Brzezinski:
>
> "In a bipartisan setting, it would be easier not only to scale down
> the definition of success in Iraq but actually to get out - perhaps
> even as early as next year. And the sooner the United States leaves,
> the sooner the Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis will either reach a political
> arrangement on their own or some combination of them will forcibly
> prevail."
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/13/opinion/edzbig.php#

<excerpt>Many of al-Zarqawi or Dr. Zawahiri's intercepted letters and
communiqués reveal paranoid fears that Iraq is indeed becoming lost -
but to the terrorists. The enemy speaks of constantly shifting tactics -
try beheading contractors; no, turn to slaughtering Shiites; no, butcher
teachers and school kids; no, go back to try to blow up American
convoys. In contrast, we are consistent in our strategy - go after
jihadists, train Iraqi security forces, promote consensual government so
Iraq becomes an autonomous republic free to determine its own future. We
will leave anytime the elected government of Iraq asks us to; the
terrorists won't cease until they have rammed, Taliban-style, an
8th-century theocracy down the throats of unwilling Iraqis.

</excerpt>

Historian Victor David Hansen in reply to Zbigniew Brzezinski's op-ed.

http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson101405.html

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