Yes or no to Bush
National Review
by William F. Buckley, Jr.
01/15/07
Is our Iraqi enterprise worth a corporate commitment by America? That is the taxing question. If success in Iraq would bring an end to the movement of which Iraq is now the apex, the answer would clearly be yes. Has the president persuasively argued that it would do so? No. He has said that ‘failure in Iraq would be a disaster for the United States.’ He hasn’t said why. Great countries do lose great engagements. We did in Vietnam and Korea, and the Soviets did in Afghanistan...
http://tinyurl.com/y2x34a
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Buckley
by William F. Buckley, Jr.
01/15/07
Is our Iraqi enterprise worth a corporate commitment by America? That is the taxing question. If success in Iraq would bring an end to the movement of which Iraq is now the apex, the answer would clearly be yes. Has the president persuasively argued that it would do so? No. He has said that ‘failure in Iraq would be a disaster for the United States.’ He hasn’t said why. Great countries do lose great engagements. We did in Vietnam and Korea, and the Soviets did in Afghanistan...
http://tinyurl.com/y2x34a
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Buckley
rudkla - 16. Jan, 15:39
