… a writer named William Lind offers us his point of view on the mounting stubborness of resistance, and rising US death toll, in Iraq. He wonder what the US can and will do, but of course we already know.
GW Bush is first and foremost a man of resolve … he has told us so many time, is willing to do “whatever it takes”, and he has a man-date from the American people.
It’s my opinion that all this can’t help but end in worse ways than most of us have probably imagined.
Found via james Wolcott, here’s an excerpt from William Lind. The article, titled “Last Exit Before Gas”, is here.
But what are the neocons going to do about Iraq? The insurgency is growing, American casualties are rising, and at some point the American public will demand something better than the nonsense being mouthed by our commanders. (My favorite last week was the American general who claimed Fallujah had “broken the back” of the insurgency. Insurgencies, like octopi, are invertebrate.)
With other fools throughout history, the neocons’ answer to defeat will probably be escalation. What I had predicted as a likely “October Surprise” may instead be a Christmas present: a joint Israeli-American air and missile attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Amazingly, Colin Powell already has launched a repeat of the same strategy that led us to war in Iraq. Based on a single, unvetted intelligence source, he last week accused Iran of attempting to weaponize nuclear warheads to fit on ballistic missiles. It is improbable Iran has any nuclear devices to weaponize (though it is certainly trying to get them, for obvious reasons). But apparently just an accusation is enough to justify preemption. And we recently sold Israel several hundred deep-earth penetrator bombs. It is safe to bet they are not for destroying tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
We may, of course, officially deny any role in a strike on Iran, leaving Mr. Sharon to take full credit. But Iran, which expects such an attack and has prepared for it, already has said it will hold the U.S. as accountable as Israel.
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