Say, Carl, why don't you wait until at least a year has gone by before rewriting history?
Before Afghanistan, we received help from Britain, and a little lip service from NATO and the UN -- just as we are in the process of getting now. The same people who are predicting Iraq will be a quagmire predicted Afghanistan would be a quagmire. Remember "the brutal Afghan winter" and "the fearsome Afghan warrior, death of empires"? The Taliban (who are not Arabs, btw) were supposed to have fanatic support from all the Pushtuns. And the surrounding countries (I presume you refer to Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Russia) cooperated, not because they favored the idea, but because we exercised some friendly persuasion. Friendly persuasion works in the Middle East too, Carl.
Watch what they do, not what their diplomats say. Qattar signed the Arab League opposition and sent its diplomats out to oppose us. So if they're refusing to aid us, why did CENTCOM just move forward to Qattar? Hint: maybe they're really aiding us.
As for US public opinion, it's for going into Iraq to oust Saddam, according the latest Pew poll, 64% favor it. That's more than favored the first Gulf War. |
