Bad News From Iraq
December 12th, 2005
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hard on the heels of the indigenous insurgents call for participation in the upcoming election, Norman Podhoretz rather convincingly demonstrates that the ideas and ideals which have drriven in the war and the reconstruction are coming up trumps.
Much to the chagrin of the American left, Democratic party and lefties the world over as well, of course, as the “realist” school which kept the Middle East the happy haven of despots for fifty years.
“We, too, have our sunshine patriots and summer soldiers, in the form of people who initially supported the invasion of Iraq—and the Bush Doctrine from which it followed—but who are now abandoning what they have decided is a sinking ship.”
Stephen Harper’s position on Iraq comes to mind. So much for a principled opposition or the prospect of a principled government under his leadership.