excellent piece! nails what John Kerry cannot seem to understand right between the eyes!
Is this a subtle endorsement of GW's actions there?
Even though it's on the Op-Ed page it's nice to see something truthful come out of the NY Times.
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Excellent article and analysis by David Brooks, who along with William Safire, are the ONLY two voices of reason on the ultra-left NY Times Op-Ed Page.
In fact, I believe that over the last year or so Brooks has been much more pointed, trenchant and effective in his analyses than Safire.
However, Brooks is as the "lone voice in a far-left wilderness" over at the NY Slimes.
Seems to me like there's been an ever increasing number in recent history.
....The world lacked what Saddam had: the long perspective....
Well not exactly. As a student of Will Durant I have a long perspective. My favorite pol Newt has, and I feel certain the Bush administration has.
Unfortunately for Saddam, the current view in the long perspective doees not include Saddam Hussein. The writer may be glimpsing the reality of George Bush. We are not going to play the same old game, we are going to play a new game and it has just begun.
BTTT!
Next, Korea, Iran, or others - whatever is necessary!
I don't know why all parties continue to report that no WMDs were found in Iraq. The Duelfer Repost states that 53 Chemical WMDs have been found in Iraq since June of this year. The complete report is available on the following CIA website:
http://www2.cia.gov/Iraqs_WMD_Vol3.pdf
Check out Page 30.
Forty one SAKR-18 Sarin tipped rockets were found in one location. The SAKR-18 is an Egyption manufactured copy of the Soviet BM-21. Each Rocket has a range of 20-40 Km depending on the rocket motor and carries a 38 Kg war head. This particular version of the SAKR carries the capability of dispersing smoke for battlefield concealment. Anyone of these fired into a population center or smuggled into a public gathering could easily inflict 10X – 100X the casualties of 911. The real danger was in one of these getting into the hands of terrorists.