A relevant blast from the past:
I was saying to Pollack the other day that if the administration had any brains, they'd trumpet his book to the skies, because it provides wonderful support for their basic position, and from an unimpeachable source. He agreed, naturally. Then we both cracked up, because we both assume they'll never do that. Why not? for a few reasons. First, the neocons hate him, because he doesn't favor using the Iraqi opposition and because he ridicules many of their pet strategies and rationales. Second, because these guys are so friggin' arrogant and clueless, they really don't see either the need for, or value of, external validation. And third, because while Pollack favors invasion, he also states very clearly just how he thinks it should be done (overwhelming force) and what has to follow (full-scale occupation and reconstruction)--and neither of those suggestions tallies with what the admin's civilian Iraq hawks want to do... #reply-18046006 |
