Monday, March 06, 2006
TIME.com: What I Got Wrong About the War -- Mar. 13, 2006 -- Page 1
TIME.com: What I Got Wrong About the War -- Mar. 13, 2006 -- Page 1
As I've said before Andrew Sullivan is tottering. He's on the edge of joining conservatives like William F. Buckley, George F. Will, Francis Fukuyama and Bruce Bartlett in denouncing George Bush's Iraqi invasion. Sullivan won't quite fall---yet. Although Sullivan's comments about what he's gotten wrong sound very similar to the criticisms of the others who have since jumped ship, they are still refeshing because they offer little in the way of excuse.
In a nutshell, Sullivan believed that we overestimated the ability of government to pull off this act of turning a state into a democracy. We were supremely overconfident and not cautious enough, we were arrogant in expecting everyone else to see the justness of our cause and follow, and we undermined our own moral authority by engaging in torture and other abuses.
In the end, Sullivan is hanging over the edge of the rail looking into the water. I don't think it will take a big wave to sweep him off the deck. It's worth a read.
As I've said before Andrew Sullivan is tottering. He's on the edge of joining conservatives like William F. Buckley, George F. Will, Francis Fukuyama and Bruce Bartlett in denouncing George Bush's Iraqi invasion. Sullivan won't quite fall---yet. Although Sullivan's comments about what he's gotten wrong sound very similar to the criticisms of the others who have since jumped ship, they are still refeshing because they offer little in the way of excuse.
In a nutshell, Sullivan believed that we overestimated the ability of government to pull off this act of turning a state into a democracy. We were supremely overconfident and not cautious enough, we were arrogant in expecting everyone else to see the justness of our cause and follow, and we undermined our own moral authority by engaging in torture and other abuses.
In the end, Sullivan is hanging over the edge of the rail looking into the water. I don't think it will take a big wave to sweep him off the deck. It's worth a read.
# posted by Strange Anomaly : 10:48 AM
