ágúst 13, 2003

Írak og Friedman

Ég er ekki frá ţví ađ Thomas Friedman skrifi svartsýnasta pistil sinn um Írak síđan innrásinni lauk (og hersetan hófst) í NYT í dag: Power and Peril
Unfortunately, the same Bush Pentagon that had the audacity to undertake this revolutionary project in Iraq did not prepare either itself or the U.S. public for such a vast undertaking. I worry that we're not going to have the time, money or people to finish this job right — for several reasons.

First, there's a word I've heard here that I did not hear on two previous visits since the war: "humiliation." [...] Second, America's real enemies in Iraq are exacerbating the situation by cutting electricity lines, which the U.S. does not have enough troops to protect, so many Iraqis today have less electricity (read: air-conditioning) than they had a month ago. [...]

It would be a tragic irony if the greatest technological power in the history of the world came to the cradle of civilization with its revolutionary ideas and found itself defeated because it couldn't keep the electricity on.
Sjá: Power and Peril
Agust skrifađi 13.08.03 19:32

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