10 Fallacies of Bush's New Strategy

[BurtWorm]

Suzanne Nossel, founder of Democracy Arsenal, was an assistant to Richard Holbrooke and writes frequently about foreign policy. She elaborates on each of the points below at the link provided:

http://www.democracyarsenal.org/2007/01/gets_some_credi.html


Posted by Suzanne Nossel

Here are 10 fallacies I heard from the White House library tonight:

1. That the strategy is "new"...

2. That the strategy is any more likely to work now than in the past...

3. That the strategy is "Iraqi" in impetus or direction...

4. That 20,000 troops will somehow change the game...

5. That the Iraqi government enjoys sufficient legitimacy and impartiality to curb sectarian violence...

6. That the al-Maliki government is a reliable US ally...

7. That the Iraqi military has the competence to take the lead in securing Baghdad...

8. That the terrorists and insurgents are wholly separable from the Iraqi population at large
to root out...

9. That the US is in a position to "provide" a political alternative to the Middle East...

10. That disaster is still avoidable...

[Greeby]

1. 11. That Shrub had any part of putting it together

He's a spokes-hole. The sooner people figure that out, the more we can get done

[BurtWorm]

4. I'm not entirely sure of that.

It might actually make me a tiny bit less nervous to think he had absolutely no hand in it. I'm beginning to think he actually believes he knows better than everyone but 10% of his fellow citizens who are too stupid to disagree with him.

[central scrutinizer]

2. Abandoning von Klausewitz in favor of von Klausewitless

[SpiralHawk]

3. That Commander AWOL is fit in any way to lead our troops

or that sidekick Dick Cheney, with FIVE MILITARY DEFERMENTS, is in any way fit to back up Commander AWOL

[uppityperson]

5. That Mr.bush admitted he made mistakes.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

6. Will the Bush daughters sign up for the surge?

If they do I'll eat my hat :)

[teryang]

7. A failing Iraqi state is a loaded gun pointed at the oil rich sheiks

Fortunately, we are there to protect them, and dictate the price of their oil, if they want protection.

[BurtWorm]

8. kick