[political-research] Juan Cole vs. Jonah Goldberg and Jeff Jarvis on Iraq

[Sean McBride]

Goldberg and Jarvis Fold; And, The Real Meaning o...

 

Goldberg and Jarvis Fold; And, The Real Meaning of 'Fools Rush In'I don't take any pleasure in having been right about Iraq when they were wrong, or that they are they now are admitting it. I wish we could have avoided so much bloodshed and horror in Iraq, for our own troops and for the Iraqis. But I knew they weren't right, three years ago. I wish the Bush administration had paid more attention to the costs of the war it planned in 2002, costs that I foresaw.Jonah Goldberg now thinks the Iraq War was a mistake, even if a worthy one. He suggests that the Iraqis hold a referendum on whether they want US troops to stay or not. This suggestion displays a complete lack of confidence in the elected Iraqi parliament, which one would have thought was the appropriate body t...

 

Source: http://www.juancole.com/2006/10/goldberg-and-jarvis-fold-and-real.html

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