Looks like two articles that were fused together to make one. He is right that the politicians have not been able to keep the peace and that they have screwed with our military beyond belief. That has been the flaw of the dems.
The second half on nation building is a huge rebuttal of the neo con belief that we could establish democracy in the Middle East.
Agreed...Bringing democracy to the region at this time is a monumental uphill climb.
Iraq is a democratic republic, not democracy..big difference.
IIRC, establishing a democracy has never been our goal. Only to provide security (During a foreign supported insurgency) until police forces and Iraqi military can establish rule of law.
What law that is is up the the Iraqis.
What Sowell misses, is that we had absolutely no choice, if left to the UN and Al Quida, New York, NY would be a smoldering hole and Saddam would be the grand Imam of the ME.
“The second half on nation building is a huge rebuttal of the neo con belief that we could establish democracy in the Middle East.”
Isn’t this rather reminiscent of what the brits tried to do after WWI?