If all else fails, attack the peace

The Arizona Republic ^ | Apr. 11, 2003 | Robert Robb

[WaveThatFlag]

Suddenly, no one is criticizing the U.S. war plan in Iraq.

Instead, the second-guessers have already moved on to the Bush administration's reconstruction plan, even though it hasn't yet been fully revealed, much less implemented.

In fact, about 40 percent of the Iraqi people still live in territory not yet secured by coalition forces. The war is not yet over, but critics are already pronouncing that the Bush administration is blowing the peace.

[ClearCase_guy]

"No one ever told me what the War Plan was, but I knew it would fail. No one has told me what the Peace Plan will be, but I know it will fail too."

Leftists are fun.

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[WaveThatFlag]

The new Iraqi government would be fully justified in repudiating these debts, which would provide a sobering and useful lesson about the financial hazards of doing business with brutal dictators.

Look for this story to start being bigger news as soon as the UN aid for oil deal expires. No way should the people of Iraq have to pay back money owed by Saddam.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Only the UN can confer "legitamacy," on the new Iraqi government. Kind of like how the Un and the Clintons did in Haiti ?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Only the UN can confer "legitamacy," on the new Iraqi government. Kind of like how the UN and the Clintons did in Haiti ?

[benjaminthomas]

Here was my comment on a Maureen Dowd thread the other day:

More to the point, since all her (and her colleagues') dire predictions about Bush and this war have been emphatically contradicted by actual events, she now has to chide the administration about things she thinks will occur. It's her version of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em". She can't bring herself to "join 'em", so she is now going with "if you can't beat 'em, criticize something they haven't done yet, and set the bar so high they will never be able to succeed again."

Seems to me we're already seeing this phenomenon, as this article makes clear.

[Mike Darancette]

The ever-helpful Jacque Chirac, president of France, has pointedly said in recent days that only the United Nations has the authority to conduct postwar activities in Iraq, and only the U.N. can confer "legitimacy" on a new Iraqi government.

Since the UDA defines "postwar" Chirac is whistling up his exhaust pipe.

Legitimacy of a government is conferred by being officially recognized by other Governments. The U.N. has nothing to do with it.