Conason: Law of Unintended Consequences is strictly obeyed in Iraq

[BurtWorm]

Nice going, neo-cons! :eyes:


http://observer.com/politics_joeconason.asp
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Here’s an outstanding example of what conservatives like to call the law of unintended consequences, an axiom they often cite to mock liberal initiatives. In this case, the neoconservatives promised that military action would implant secular democracy, install a government friendly to the United States and Israel, and stabilize a region critical to Western economic security. All of this would be accomplished without spending an American dime—or so they claimed—because Iraqi oil would finance the entire project.

Hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of lives later, what we seem likelier to get in Baghdad sometime soon is an Islamist government, tied to the theocratic regime in Iran, divided by ethnicity, religion and province, and embroiled in a burgeoning civil war that could embroil Iraq’s neighbors and sink the region into turmoil....

[Catherine Vincent]

1. Kick!

Shame on you Joe! For calling * as "the president".

[steve2470]

2. kick nt

[bribri16]

3. Kick and recommended! n/t

[Cha]

4. "Liberal initiatives"..

"Here’s an outstanding example of what conservatives like to call the law of unintended consequences, an axiom they often cite to mock liberal initiatives."

Right off the bat I can think of Social Security that's had amazing consequences and bush hasn't been successful in pillaging it yet, either.

As for the bushwa and Iraq..if the unintended consequences of the WAr On Iraq don't get the American Consumer to sit up and take notice..maybe the unintended gas prices will.

[BurtWorm]

5. kick