Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Potemkin World

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"Administration officials have managed, in a fashion that must be stunning to some of the officers who rebuilt the armed forces in the 1980s, to recreate a Vietnam-like catastrophe, a tunnel with no light whatsoever at the end -- so much for the 'lessons' of that war -- and are now clearly considering furthering the Vietnam analogy by hitting out at the present-day equivalent of 'sanctuary areas' in neighboring states (Syria and Iran)."

Fascinating article with lots of links...I don't agree with all of this, but there's a lot to think about here including letters from citizens in Germany and Iraq.