The Iraq war: Still a massive mistake
Cato Institute
by Malou Innocent
04/05/10
There’s a growing narrative that Iraq’s solidifying democracy makes the seven years of US war and occupation a worthy enterprise. Some observers have even spun Iraq’s March 7 elections as proof that democracy promotion via military occupation can succeed. Don’t believe the hype. The Iraq war remains a mistake of mammoth proportions. And Iraq’s election represents a pyrrhic victory, as the economic, political, and moral costs of the occupation far outweigh any benefits...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11658
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Malou+Innocent
by Malou Innocent
04/05/10
There’s a growing narrative that Iraq’s solidifying democracy makes the seven years of US war and occupation a worthy enterprise. Some observers have even spun Iraq’s March 7 elections as proof that democracy promotion via military occupation can succeed. Don’t believe the hype. The Iraq war remains a mistake of mammoth proportions. And Iraq’s election represents a pyrrhic victory, as the economic, political, and moral costs of the occupation far outweigh any benefits...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11658
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Malou+Innocent
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