http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/01/11/wapo-weighs-in/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/01/11/wapo-weighs-in/comment-page-1/#comment-53776 Blue Crab Boulevard » The Opposite Tack Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:02:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/01/11/wapo-weighs-in/#comment-53776 [...] I mentioned the Washington Post editorial about the new plan for Iraq earlier. To take a look at a completely opposite view, here's what the Times of London has to say about the "surge" and the alternatives, especially the tired "realities" of the Iraq Study Group: In reality, there is no credible alternative. The Iraq Study Group proved rather better at setting out the many problems that exist in Iraq than in offering precise solutions. Its recommendation that the White House co-opt Iran and Syria as its allies in Iraq does not look remotely plausible. The idea that suddenly withdrawing American soldiers from the country would convince Shia and Sunni hardliners to be more charitable to one another is equally improbable. Mr Bush’s domestic foes, notably Nancy Pelosi, the new Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives (who has a minimal record in foreign policy) and the increasingly surreal Edward Kennedy, would simply abandon Iraq and be done with it. [...] [...] I mentioned the Washington Post editorial about the new plan for Iraq earlier. To take a look at a completely opposite view, here's what the Times of London has to say about the "surge" and the alternatives, especially the tired "realities" of the Iraq Study Group: In reality, there is no credible alternative. The Iraq Study Group proved rather better at setting out the many problems that exist in Iraq than in offering precise solutions. Its recommendation that the White House co-opt Iran and Syria as its allies in Iraq does not look remotely plausible. The idea that suddenly withdrawing American soldiers from the country would convince Shia and Sunni hardliners to be more charitable to one another is equally improbable. Mr Bush’s domestic foes, notably Nancy Pelosi, the new Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives (who has a minimal record in foreign policy) and the increasingly surreal Edward Kennedy, would simply abandon Iraq and be done with it. [...]

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