Iraq

This interview wih Christopher Hitchens is worth listening to as we pass the three year mark of the invasion, and for that matter, this one is worth watching.

 

At this point I'm still not sure what to think about Iraq.  In the long run it will probably turn out all right, but the short term cost has been high.  Not just in lives but also in distraction from the rest what's going on in the world.  Part of me now thinks Bush should have made rebuilding Afghanistan a priority and tried to manage the problems in Iraq differently.  That strategy would have been less controversial, Afghanistan would likely be much better off, the US wouldn't have the terrible image it does abroad, and maybe Bush would have been able to accomplish more in other areas.

 

But now that we are here, there is no option but to get things in Iraq right.  Failure is not an option.

 

Listen especially to how Hitchens ends the interview.  He makes a very important point about the message we convey to the enemies of freedom in Iraq...