Posts tagged “iraq”
Terrorism operates like a successful web startup: distributed, peer-to-peer, networked, and exploiting the long tail of countless small attacks rather than one decisive blow. Al-Qaeda is to conventional warfare what Amazon is to retail. I wish this analogy weren't so compelling.
We're going to win in Iraq -- everyone says so. But guerrilla warfare could stretch the conflict, eroding public support until we're forced to withdraw. A victorious Saddam would destabilize the entire Middle East. None of this was at stake before we invaded. Now we have no choice but to win.
Consumed by war coverage, I've rounded up a grab-bag of links: a Baghdad blog gone silent, Robin Cook's resignation speech, anti-French hysteria, ready.gov parodies, propaganda name generators, BBC's free video feeds, and the CIA's hilariously absurd kids' homepage.
On the eve of the Iraq war, I'm laying out my thinking: yes, it's being fought for money and oil, not principles. But removing Saddam is still probably the right call, for the same reason stopping Hitler early would have been. Right thing, wrong reasons. God bless democracy.
We're going to war. Like it or not, apparently.
A parody song to the tune of "If You're Happy And You Know It," skewering every hollow justification for invading Iraq. Thanks to Beardy Ben for passing it along. It's darkly funny because it's basically true.
