The fall of the vulcans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1225390,00.html
Iraq may spell the end of an evangelical belief in American military
power
Timothy Garton Ash
Thursday May 27, 2004
The Guardian
Iraq has turned into a disastrous defeat for America and Britain. All
the current debate is essentially about damage limitation. The Bush
administration invaded Iraq on what has proved to be a false
prospectus. It has made a terrible mess of the occupation. It has
created more terrorist threats than were there before. Its military
has shamed America with the torture in Abu Ghraib. It has provoked
waves of anti-Americanism. And the whole business has been a vast,
hugely expensive distraction from the pressing challenges that face
America and Europe, including poverty, global warming and the very
real struggle against the al-Qaida assassins of New York and Madrid.
Even if things get better in Iraq, this indictment will stand.
Timothy Garton Ash
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