I’ve seldom commented on the Iraq quagmire except to point out the media, financial and ethical blackhole that has emerged in the form of the opportunity costs of intervening elsewhere. While we might like to trumpet our ‘values’ in backslapping speeches to allies, the situation on the ground for our Iraqi brothers and sisters continues to descend further towards more basic problems. The latest marker comes from journalist Lara Logan. She sums up the problems of covering the good stories that supposedly sit happily under the veneer of violence in under 6 minutes. Go watch.
Elsewhere: wbb links to another sobering account of life in Iraq here.
But, but, but they’ve been calling it a quagmire for years now.
Yes, “straining out gnats and swallowing camels” has taken on a whole new meaning to those of a Bushovic mentality.
Put in one metaphorical way, “how dare you criticise my shit! Those Halliburton inspired intestinal tapeworms have a magnificant aesthetic value.”