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The Expansionist
Thursday, April 15, 2004
 
GEORGE F. Will's observations about the turbulence of Iraq are the barest beginning of public understanding that maybe "regime change" there wasn't such a hot idea. Instead of Saddam killing people to suppress endless insurrectionary violence, we'll have to do it. And then the world will look at our bloodstained hands and declaim that we're no better than Saddam was.
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Frankly, if anyone had to be a butcher to maintain order (George Will's first requirement for any government), I'd rather it have been Saddam, not us. Maybe we just should have left Saddam in charge and tried to modify his behavior by degrees, week by week over years.
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I'm still waiting for a general recognition that Saddam's "excesses" might not have been as excessive as we originally thought. Can moderation defeat extremism in a place like Iraq? I'm not sure it can. (Responsive to "Iraq: Beyond Illusion", 4/14/04)

- posted by L. Craig Schoonmaker @ 1:31 PM




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