Cowardice
An interesting article in Vanity Fair in which David Rose interviews a number of the most outspoken supporters of the debacle that is the war in Iraq, and who ruminate on how things didn't pan out the way they thought.
The worst part of this litany of political cowardice is how, instead of taking responsibility for their own actions, each neocon systematically blames the administration for the failure. Now don't get me wrong, clearly the execution of the war has been incompetent - little boys playing war with big boy weapons - but the ability of these policy hawks to remain in a state of denial is quite breathtaking.
Richard Perle, for example, says "The decisions did not get made that should have been. They didn't get made in a timely fashion, and the differences were argued out endlessly.… At the end of the day, you have to hold the president responsible".
No Richard, you must accept responsibility also, maybe even more so. Bush is not too bright and clearly easily led. Those who led him with false hope and poor judgement are just as guilty for the thousands of deaths and he is for allowing himself to be fooled.
The worst thing is that these men now shake their heads in disbelief and say "if only we could have known how it would turn out" etc, etc. Now, the 'I told you so' argument is generally considered unproductive, and I normally agree, but let's be clear about this one.
We who opposed the war did so for a number of reasons, and I know that for many (including myself), a big one was the absolute surety of this kind of outcome. We marched in the streets, we waved huge banners, we wrote in op-eds, blogs, fora, anywhere we could, that this is exactly what would happen. And the neocons now wake up and say 'if only we could have known'??!!!!!
They truly are gutless wonders...
The worst part of this litany of political cowardice is how, instead of taking responsibility for their own actions, each neocon systematically blames the administration for the failure. Now don't get me wrong, clearly the execution of the war has been incompetent - little boys playing war with big boy weapons - but the ability of these policy hawks to remain in a state of denial is quite breathtaking.
Richard Perle, for example, says "The decisions did not get made that should have been. They didn't get made in a timely fashion, and the differences were argued out endlessly.… At the end of the day, you have to hold the president responsible".
No Richard, you must accept responsibility also, maybe even more so. Bush is not too bright and clearly easily led. Those who led him with false hope and poor judgement are just as guilty for the thousands of deaths and he is for allowing himself to be fooled.
The worst thing is that these men now shake their heads in disbelief and say "if only we could have known how it would turn out" etc, etc. Now, the 'I told you so' argument is generally considered unproductive, and I normally agree, but let's be clear about this one.
We who opposed the war did so for a number of reasons, and I know that for many (including myself), a big one was the absolute surety of this kind of outcome. We marched in the streets, we waved huge banners, we wrote in op-eds, blogs, fora, anywhere we could, that this is exactly what would happen. And the neocons now wake up and say 'if only we could have known'??!!!!!
They truly are gutless wonders...
posted by Sparx at 10:21
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