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Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Bomb Saddam?I just re-read Josh Marshall's really fine article from Washington Monthly (last June) about a possible war in Iraq, and it's amazing how right the guy is. An inspections regime was still a glimmer in Colin Powell's eye, and Marshall predicted exactly how real inspections would play out with Europe, Russia, and China. He also talked to an Iraqi general, Najib Salhi, and heard things that are still surprising -- still news -- nine months later. The Bush Administration seems to have read this piece and then gone on to bungle its diplomatic approach anyway, even while it took Marshall's advice on a patient buildup to war. Marshall's getting a PhD at Brown and writes solid journalism. He's a liberal who knows the subtleties of conservative hawk-think, poses hard questions (to himself), and avoids easy Cold-War cliches. If I were a Washington pro, like him -- which isn't my ambition, even on this blog -- I could only hope to be as nimble and sophisticated.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
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