American Views Abroad

 
Should we laugh or cry? David Rose in on online Vanity Fair Exclusive Now They Tell Us writes:

I spent the better part of two weeks in conversations with some of the most respected voices among the neoconservative elite. What I discover is that none of them is optimistic. All of them have regrets, not only about what has happened but also, in many cases, about the roles they played. Their dismay extends beyond the tactical issues of whether America did right or wrong, to the underlying question of whether exporting democracy is something America knows how to do. I will present my findings in full in the January issue of Vanity Fair.

Rose quotes Richard Perle, The Prince of Darkness: The levels of brutality that we've seen are truly horrifying and I have to say, I underestimated the depravity......Perle goes so far as to say that, if he had his time over, he would not have advocated an invasion of Iraq....Could we have managed that threat by means other than a direct military intervention? Well, maybe we could have.
www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2006/12/neocons200612.

Of course all the blame gets passed on to where the buck stops. Perhaps these so-called neocon elites could pass the day doing more than just giving remorseful interviews, helping to save their scalps. Perhaps they should spend all day, every day at Arlington.
At Arlington, Grim Reminders of What Matters by Mike Lupuica at
www.nydailynews.com/front/story/468499p-394170c.html.

'The ones who started this war do not want you to see the ceremonies....to hear the mournful sound of the bulge playing taps....They would rather have Tuesday's elections be a referendum on anything except another young soldier ending up here.'
- posted by Gloria @ 5:45 PM