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Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Why are we in Iraq?A nuanced analysis can be found (where else?) at Josh Marshall's blog. Longtime readers of Radio Free Mike know the drill: We invaded to set up a footprint in the Middle East, to start a long-term transformation of the region, not (primarily) for oil profits or to get rid of an evil immediate threat to American interests or freedom. But we did it without a serious gameplan. "If you're wondering why so little planning seems to have gone into what on earth we were going to do once we took the place over," Marshall writes, "it's because so little of the debate leading up to the war had anything to do with these questions or for that matter what we were actually trying to achieve by invading the country." Exactly. Meanwhile Pakistan, a nation with nuclear weapons as well as profound, undeniable links to Al Qaeda, and probably 9/11, festers. "It is no longer a question of whether Pakistan is going backwards or forwards," a regional expert is quoted as saying in this long but essential piece. "It's a question of how rapidly it's going backwards." And Bush is tough on terrorism?
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