A Pony For You, What About Two Ponies For Me?
By In light of today’s “closing the barn door after thieves have stolen your livestock, burned down the barn, killed your family, and absconded with a trillion dollars” revelations by the always-prescient Kenneth Pollack, Jonathan Schwarz reminds us of his excerpts from Pollack’s comedy classic, The Threatening Storm :
[Saddam’s] own determination to interpret geopolitical calculations to suit what he wants to believe anyway lead him to construct bizarre scenarios that he convinces himself are highly likely.
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Imagine how different the Middle East and the world would be if a new Iraqi state were stable, prosperous, and a force for progress in the region, not a source of violence and instability. Imagine if we could rebuild Iraq as a model of what a modern Arab state could be, showing the frustrated and disenfranchised of the Arab world what they should be trying to fashion. Imagine if there were a concrete symbol demonstrating that America seeks to help the Arab world rather than repress. Invading Iraq might not just be our least bad alternative, it potentially could be our best course of action.
Imagine a Liberal Hawk (TM-Iraq War Edition) with no brain cells; it’s easy if you try.