Jack Tingle wrote:
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> Not sf:
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> Ricks, T., "Fiasco" ****
> This sad accounting of the US's misadventure in Iraq is infuriating. Not
> because Ricks has any deficiency as a writer, he doesn't. It's
> infuriating because, according to him, had even a few people at high
> levels understood the lessons of history, or listened and acted on
> military advice, or even reacted to bad news quicker, the Iraq fiasco
> wouldn't have been a fraction as bad as the current quagmire.
>
> In a new postscript, Ricks believes that, while Gen. David Petraeus is
> the best choice for his current job, even under his leader****p it may be
> too late for anything other than a decade-long grind up from a
> near-continual state of insurrection in Iraq. Since that scenario won't
> be US policy for long, Ricks is pessimistic about Iraq's future.
I agree with his pessimism. Iraq is going to be an armpit for a
long, long time. Thanks, George!
Brenda
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Brenda W. Clough
http://www.sff.net/people/Brenda/
Recent short fiction:
"A Mighty Fortress"
http://www.helixsf.com/archives/Jul07/index.htm
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