Saturday, September 25, 2004

We demand less thought and less planning!

Surveying the chaos that is Iraq, a country where it appears US and allied troops have killed more Iraqis in 2004 than Saddam Hussein did in 2002 (see post below, and no it doesn't mean I want Saddam back) it's worth remembering that this isn't the post-war policy most pro-war types wanted.

No, they wanted less thought and less planning. They wanted to go to war in October 2001, or possibly spring 2002 at the latest. Can you imagine how bad it would have been then?*

* There is of course the argument that Bush and his advisors are so stupid and cack-handed that less planning would have been better, as there would be less chance for them to come up with terrible policies. I'd have to think about it.