Monday, April 7, 2003
Times Online by William Rees-Mogg (Via Andrew Sullivan)
Rees-Mogg lays out the case to remind us why France (et al) won't and SHOULD NOT have a hand in post-Saddam Iraq.
If you do not fight the war, you will not control the peace. When the war in Iraq is over, the US Army will remain in control of the country, just as the Allies were left in control of Germany in 1945. How long that period will last will depend on the success of the reconstruction programme, which is bound to be under American control.
Some people imagine that President Bush will turn to the United Nations, which spent 12 years failing to disarm Iraq, from 1991 to 2003, and politely ask it to take over responsibility for the reconstruction.[...]
Some people imagine that President Bush will turn to the United Nations, which spent 12 years failing to disarm Iraq, from 1991 to 2003, and politely ask it to take over responsibility for the reconstruction.[...]
