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The surrounding countries would be outrageously pissed if they knew that was the operational plan. They'd work harder to make sure it didn't succeed. That's one reason why the whole thing looks muddy and directionless. You can't say what the endgame is yet because you can't declare your true objective.
Remember when we didn't see all the destruction on TV this time? It was pinpoint targetting. So who cares if we don't rebuild Baath party offices? We're not rebuilding what we bombed, we're building the entire nation. It's going to be a successful, Democratic Muslim nation with the USA as it's A-number-one best friend, and its success as a free nation that doesn't hate the US is supposed to be a model for Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, et. al. When the people in these other countries see what freedom is, and how it really works, and what it gets you, they are supposed to take an interest in this new approach.
Because no two Democracies have ever waged war against each other. The idea is to try to reform a good chunk of the middle east, because the alternative is continued direct attacks against Israel and the US until some Muslim country finally gets a nuke and then sorry won't be enough.
War against terror. New kind of war. Actual enemies not listed. Actual strategies not yet evident. Not "war on al Queda". Not "war on Islam". This is what it really is.
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11-05-2003, 07:37 PM
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