Gauging The Stability Of Iraq/McCain August 28, 2008
Posted by bensix in Iraq.trackback
In a very petulant interview with Time Magazine, McCain has declared that Iraq is “a peaceful, stable country now”. This raises two interesting questions: a) why do you want troops to stay there, then? and b) which walls have you been banging your head against?
As I’ve said, only a matter of months ago I held an opinion that was only slightly nuanced, but I was a silly and uninformed sod whereas McCain a) has access to all military figures and most military information and b) is running for President with his support for the surge as a major talking point.
As a very rudimentary way of gauging violence in Iraq, I’ve posted regular updates on the situation in Fallujah. In under a month, the city – which has roughly as large a population as Liverpool – was subjected to at least four major bombing attacks. Meanwhile, the US forces are still dithering over the hostilities between the Iraqi government and the Awakenings movements that they’ve given their support to.
That doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been apparent improvement, but declaring that the situation is ‘peaceful’ is reckless, presumptuous and really uninformed.
So, if McCain’s so demonstrably dreadful on matters international then who’s been giving him advice? Why, three PNAC members and Henry Kissinger. Donvoteferim.
It’s so stable that they can bomb anywhere they want to as much as they like and so peaceful that nobody will attempt to exact vengeance for it.
It’s as stable as McCain’s moral compass (okay, maybe I’m getting a little too into the campaigning spirit.)
Ben
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