Reflections on the Invasion of Iraq
New York Times
To mark this week’s fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the Op-Ed page asked nine experts on military and foreign affairs to reflect on their attitudes in the spring of 2003 and to comment on the one aspect of the war that most surprised them or that they wished they had considered in the prewar debate.
Where Was The Plan?
By L. Paul Bremer III
Too Heavy a Hand
By Richard Perle
Das Loot
By Anne-Marie Slaughter
So Much for Good Intentions
By Kenneth M. Pollack
There’s No Freedom Gene
By Danielle Pletka
Worries Over Being ‘Slimed’
By Nathaniel Fick
Congress in Recess
By Paul D. Eaton
The Army Grew Into the Job
By Frederick Kagan
Worse Than Lyndon Johnson’s Team?
By Anthony D. Cordesman
They can all be found here.
The quick summary was written by John Cole at Balloon Juice:
The NY Times has nine op-eds to mark the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Because I care about you all, I will simplify these op-eds into one sentence or less, each featuring the f-word. You will then be spared the pain of reading them.
Paul Bremer: “We fucked up, but it wasn’t my fault and I think Bush kinda fixed things last year.”
Richard Perle: “Things went great until those pussies at the State Department fucked up trying to fix what we bombed.”
Anne-Marie Slaugher: “This undertaking was fucked from the beginning.”
Kenneth M. Pollack: “If you think we are fucked right now, wait until you see what happens if we try to leave.”
Danielle Pletka: “The anti-war left was right about everything, but I still fucking hate them and will use this column to trash them.”
Nathaniel Flick: “Our fuck-ups can all be traced back to the fear we would be slimed.”
Major General Paul D. Eaton: “The sycophantic Republican Congress has fucked the military for a long time coming.”
Fred Kagan: “I love my fucking pompoms, and am currently applying for the job of Chief Assistant Fluffer for General Petraeus.”
Anthony Cordesman: “Bush/Cheney--Worst fucking administration EVAH.”
(Hot links are here.)
To mark this week’s fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the Op-Ed page asked nine experts on military and foreign affairs to reflect on their attitudes in the spring of 2003 and to comment on the one aspect of the war that most surprised them or that they wished they had considered in the prewar debate.
Where Was The Plan?
By L. Paul Bremer III
Too Heavy a Hand
By Richard Perle
Das Loot
By Anne-Marie Slaughter
So Much for Good Intentions
By Kenneth M. Pollack
There’s No Freedom Gene
By Danielle Pletka
Worries Over Being ‘Slimed’
By Nathaniel Fick
Congress in Recess
By Paul D. Eaton
The Army Grew Into the Job
By Frederick Kagan
Worse Than Lyndon Johnson’s Team?
By Anthony D. Cordesman
They can all be found here.
The quick summary was written by John Cole at Balloon Juice:
The NY Times has nine op-eds to mark the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Because I care about you all, I will simplify these op-eds into one sentence or less, each featuring the f-word. You will then be spared the pain of reading them.
Paul Bremer: “We fucked up, but it wasn’t my fault and I think Bush kinda fixed things last year.”
Richard Perle: “Things went great until those pussies at the State Department fucked up trying to fix what we bombed.”
Anne-Marie Slaugher: “This undertaking was fucked from the beginning.”
Kenneth M. Pollack: “If you think we are fucked right now, wait until you see what happens if we try to leave.”
Danielle Pletka: “The anti-war left was right about everything, but I still fucking hate them and will use this column to trash them.”
Nathaniel Flick: “Our fuck-ups can all be traced back to the fear we would be slimed.”
Major General Paul D. Eaton: “The sycophantic Republican Congress has fucked the military for a long time coming.”
Fred Kagan: “I love my fucking pompoms, and am currently applying for the job of Chief Assistant Fluffer for General Petraeus.”
Anthony Cordesman: “Bush/Cheney--Worst fucking administration EVAH.”
(Hot links are here.)
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