An interview with Richard Perle [Foreign affairs MUST READ, and I don't say that lightly]

Intl Herald Tribune ^ | 4/12/3 | Richard Perle

[headsonpikes]

The world is changing.

For the better.

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[EternalVigilance]

An absolutely fantastic interview with one of the smartest people on the planet.

I really hope everyone hears this part loud and clear:

I think it is a great mistake to believe that, now this war will soon be over, we must launch some initiative in respect to the Israelis and the Palestinians in a way that suggests we have done damage in the Arab world and now we need to repair that damage by some act of contrition in support of the peace process. There are very good reasons for supporting the peace process but contrition is not one of them. The sense that we somehow owe this to the Arab world only diminishes the essential truth about what we’ve done in Iraq. We have not damaged Arab interests. We have advanced them by freeing 25 million people from this brutal dictatorship.

[Mitchell]

Ping.

[Restorer]

Withdraw from the UN. Kick it out of NYC.

Invite other peace-loving nations to join us in a new organization more in sync with reality.

[dalereed]

"It is not a living constitution like the American constitution, interpreted to reflect the times."

People that think and espouse that the constitution is a living document and can be interpretated to reflect the times are one of our major problems!

[NativeNewYorker]

I noticed that too. I think he was making a rhetorical point, and not endorsing the notion of a "living constitution".

[VRWC_minion]

Straight talk. How refreshing.

[sarasmom]

Interesting.

As one wmember of the USA street, rage against France is undeniable and deep. Empathy and good wishes for normal Iraqi citizens, not of Husseins Baath pary, are generally taken for granted.
And we are not pacified yet.
Syria and Saudi Arabia must not go unpunished...
It appears peace in the middle east may be theoretically possible after all.

[VRWC_minion]

I think he was making a rhetorical point

I thought it was a jab at liberals for holding contrary viewpoints. On the one hand the US must change "progressively" and on the other the UN must stay the same.

[Mrs. B.S. Roberts]

ping

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...And yet there has been no change to the charter of the United Nations since it was founded. It is not a living constitution like the American constitution, interpreted to reflect the times...


Who wrote this, Al Gore?

[Mrs. B.S. Roberts]

"I really hope everyone hears this part loud and clear:"


I certainly hope that this message gets out regarding Israel. So many are willing to compromise Israel just for political correctness. Israel is a democracy and a good friend to the US, but despite that fact the "press" continues to report Israeli/Palestinian news in a skewed way. For example:

BIG HEADLINE: Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians in shooting in Gaza.

Teeney print below: After Palestinian suicide bomber kills 14 Israelis.

I always found it interesting (i.e. infuriating) that it wasn't reported the other way around.

[RLK]

I've been following Perle for some time. I have always thought he was one of the brightest ans toughest men in government. He and Rumsfeld make a good team.

[InterceptPoint]

More clear thinking from Richard Perle. You gotta love this guy.

[AzJohn]

Thanks for posting this excellent article. Best foreign policy explanation I've read in a while.

[Smedley]

The French I know must be appalled at being associated with Saddam Hussein.

Not yet, but the next year will unveil one atrocity after another. We can practically marry Chirac and Hussein for the purposes of PR and implicate Chirac, DeVillepin et al as champions of one of the most brutal regimes in history.

Here's another expose on another of Saddam's torture chambers. Here's Chirac or some other greasy French official defending Saddam. Here's an Iraqi mother crying after finding her son's remains. Here's another WMD. Here's evidence of another French company supplying the raw materials. etc.....

Chirac and his cronies have NO CHOICE but to go on the attack against America. They know what's coming.

[gcruse]

I've admired Perle for years. He is the warrior's Newt Gingrich, the intellectual underpinning. Thanks for posting the article.

[EternalVigilance]

That was a major flaw. I hope he didn't mean it the way it sounded.