These excerpts are from
his New Yorker article, "Planning for Defeat: How should we withdraw from Iraq"The media have largely followed the Administration’s myopic approach to the war, and there is likely to be intense coverage of the congressional testimony. But the inadequacy of the surge is already clear, if one honestly assesses the daily lives of Iraqis. ... The lives of most Iraqis are dominated by a complex array of militias and criminal gangs that are ruthlessly competing with one another, and whose motives for killing are more often economic or personal than religious or ideological.
Echoing
the observation William F. Buckley made 19 months ago, Packer comes to thius conclusion about the neo-con dream for Iraq:
The dream of creating a democratic Iraq and transforming the Middle East lies in ruins. Any change in Iraq policy has to begin with the understanding that the original one failed, and that America’s remaining power can only be used to limit the damage.
Why are
the neo-con hacks still given space in leading American newspapers?
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