general zinni, george's special envoy to the israeli-palestinian conflict has come out against an immediate attack on iraq.. especially relevant were his views on the expectations of the people in a post invasion iraq. the hawks keep saying that the iraqis "will be cheering from their apartment rooftops, as at the onset of the Gulf War. Then they'll be dancing in Baghdad streets, as did those liberated in Kabul." compare that with zinni's comments:
I think that, again depending on how this goes, if it's short with minimal destruction, there will be the initial euphoria of change. It's always what comes next that is tough. I went in with the first troops that went into Somalia. We were greeted as heroes on the street. People loved to see us; when the food was handed out, the water was given, the medicines were applied, we were heroes. After we had been there about a month, I had someone come see me who said there was a group of prominent Somalis that wanted to talk to me. I met with them. The first question out of their mouths was that we'd been there a month, hadn't started a jobs program, and when were we going to fix the economy? Well, I didn't know it was my Marine unit's responsibility to do that.
maybe people will start to see that we're being sold an overly optimistic bill of goods.
Posted by drewish at October 17, 2002 08:39 PMwhat's the url for that cartoon?
Posted by: Mike at October 18, 2002 01:06 AM
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