devil39
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VDH with a balanced and thought provoking article. Less of a rant, and more of a discussion of US options in the GWOT, and possible ways ahead in solving the Middle East problem. Some strategic options presented here.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Special/A11902002_1.htm
Points of interest, his comment on Egypt as a benefactor of American largesse.
"True, a Hosni Mubarak is not an Assad or a Rafsanjani, and that must count for something in the volatile Middle East; but under the reign of Mubarak, Egypt has been turned into a kind of Afghanistan-of-the-mind, the intellectual and media mecca for anti-American and anti-Semitic hatred spread throughout the Arab world."
Have to honestly wonder what will happen in the post Mubarak Egypt, reminds me of the excellent Atlantic Monthly article from Oct 2003
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200310/weaver
Also of interest the use of the word condign...great word..
"Today's goal, by contrast, is to protect the democratic process in Afghanistan and Iraq against any in the region who threaten it, and to do so without necessarily investing American ground troops in additional theaters. For this, air power once again is a condign instrument. "
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Special/A11902002_1.htm
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Special/A11902002_1.htm
Points of interest, his comment on Egypt as a benefactor of American largesse.
"True, a Hosni Mubarak is not an Assad or a Rafsanjani, and that must count for something in the volatile Middle East; but under the reign of Mubarak, Egypt has been turned into a kind of Afghanistan-of-the-mind, the intellectual and media mecca for anti-American and anti-Semitic hatred spread throughout the Arab world."
Have to honestly wonder what will happen in the post Mubarak Egypt, reminds me of the excellent Atlantic Monthly article from Oct 2003
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200310/weaver
Also of interest the use of the word condign...great word..
"Today's goal, by contrast, is to protect the democratic process in Afghanistan and Iraq against any in the region who threaten it, and to do so without necessarily investing American ground troops in additional theaters. For this, air power once again is a condign instrument. "
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Special/A11902002_1.htm