Thursday, January 11, 2007
Perverse Logic
Of Bush's War
The iron law governing the politics of imperial debacles seems to be that the leaders who commit a country to failed war realize at some point that they have seriously miscalculated and that the war cannot be won, but by then they figure it is already too late; they must act as though they are aiming at victory, because of the fear of admitting the truth. Read more in an Asia Times article by Gareth Porter.# posted by furtherleft @ 1/11/2007 01:30:00 AM
Maybe there's no reason to want to "win" this perma-war. How convenient that they don't even know who the enemy is? What most people have not figured out yet is that it's a huge highway robbery.
