“Someday, when the war in Iraq has become a historical episode, we will tally up the lessons learned-if, that is, we ever learn any. Here are two worth mastering because failing to do so probably means we will no longer exist.
Lesson 1. Nation-building in a war zone is nuts. Nation-building in an Islamic war zone is suicide.”
It was the course of action we AND our coalition partners took. All harsher options still remain on the table. What was Diana West’s pre-war position?
She was pretty much for it, if I remember right. She writes a regular column in the Times.