“Forget if it’s working or not, the model is good.”

August 24, 2003 at 4:40 pm | In yulelogStories | 2 Comments

Or: how to get in deeper. Interesting article in today’s Toronto Star, Why U.N. is a target; Tuesday’s bombing of civilian aid workers in Baghdad signals a dramatic escalation, by Lynda Hurst. Lots of detail and background. She quotes Maurice Strong, a Canadian businessman who has in the past acted as a special for the U.N. Secretary-General: “Iraq was not a terrorist threat before the war, Strong pointedly notes, ‘but the U.S. has now made it a centre of terrorism. There’s the paradox.’ Advisors in Washington, meanwhile, recommend committing more troops, according to “the model” of previous campaigns, viz. Afghanistan. Makes you wonder.

2 Comments

  1. I’m sure that even Sadam has signed up with Al Quaeda now.

    Comment by Joel — August 25, 2003 #

  2. I think all the women in the entire region should be allowed to emigrate, and the men can have the game all to themselves.

    Comment by Yule Heibel — August 26, 2003 #

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