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March 14, 2006
Fukuyama's pivot on Iraq
Francis Fukuyama is a professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins, an award-winning author and a former neoconservative supporter of the Bush Administration's Iraq policy (previous post here).
As a result, Fukuyama's new book -- America at the Crossroads (Yale 2006) -- that summarizes Fukuyama's views on neoconservatism, why he parted ways with other neocons on the Iraq war, and where we go from here is causing quite a stir in foreign policy circles. The NY Times' Michiko Kakutani has this favorable review of Fukuyama's book while the Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens weighs in with this critical one. Finally, in this NPO piece, Victor Davis Hanson makes the case for holding the line in Iraq.
Posted by Tom at March 14, 2006 05:47 AM
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a couple of weeks ago CSPAN's booknotes program carried a several hour interview.
As I understood Fukuyama, he never supported the idea of the war. His destruction of any attempt at intellectual organization on the part of the administration's neoconservatism was stunning.
Posted by: Moe Levine at March 14, 2006 07:17 AM
The situation in Iraq is improving. Terrorist activity is decreasing and fewer people are being murdered. At the most, the terrorists kill roughly 250 weekly. I suspect as many Iraqis die in auto accidents. We must not forget that the country’s population totals about 26 million people. Do the math. Most Iraqis barely notice the terrorism. It does not impact their lives on a consistent basis. Moreover, the economy is continuously growing. Ralph Peters is also optimistic. Instapundit provided this link:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/03/myths_of_iraq.html
Why do we hear so much bad news concerning Iraq? The “elites” are worried about losing their privileges. Many people like myself increasingly laugh at Francis Fukuyama and the other so-called experts. The emperor is naked and we are not hesitant in saying so. Fukuyama probably just want to be perceived as a cool dude. Unfortunately, this requires one to join the “hate Bush” crowd.
Posted by: David Thomson at March 14, 2006 09:59 AM
TK,
is David Thomson an alias for Dick Cheney or Karl Rove?
"Terrorist activity is decreasing and fewer people are being murdered" we are told...in light of today's news (87 bodies, all tortured, etc.) this post gets the spin of the year icon.
Posted by: Moe Levine at March 14, 2006 07:13 PM
“...we are told...in light of today's news (87 bodies, all tortured, etc.) this post gets the spin of the year icon.”
Simply do the math. The murder totals still do not surpass an national average of 250 per week. This means that outside the Sunni triangle---most Iraqis live fairly normal lives. The northern Kurdish area is virtually violence free. Things could indeed be better in Iraq. Nonetheless, the country is not even close to collapsing.
Posted by: David Thomson at March 15, 2006 11:34 AM
outside the Sunni triangle---
even better spin, since the 87 bodies where found in Baghdad
and, today, our Secretary of Defense announced that we are sending more troops to the theater, which we should have done much earlir.
the lack of a basis in reality clearly goes to DT
Moe
Posted by: Moe Levine at March 15, 2006 03:13 PM
"outside the Sunni triangle---
even better spin, since the 87 bodies where found in Baghdad"
Baghdad is part of the Sunni Triangle. I guess you might have a point to make---but I have no idea what it is. It seems like your hatred of George W. Bush may hinder your ability to think and follow a logical argument.
Posted by: David Thomson at March 16, 2006 04:57 AM
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