I just finished reading this article by Norman Podhoretz on "The War against World War IV." I mentioned it in an earlier blog. It is extremely lengthy, but well worth reading. I have not read a better summation of the Bush Doctrine and the current World opinion on the doctrine. Podhoretz is very insightful. I would recommend everyone who has any concern for their country to read it. I will probably have some of my students at school read it. There is way too much in it to comment on. I will highlight one section:
But too much is at stake in Iraq for [the insurrgents] to give up now, especially as they are confident that they still have an excellent shot at getting the American public to conclude that the game is not worth the candle. General Abizaid again: "We have nothing to fear from this enemy except its ability to create panic . . . and gain a media victory." To achieve this species of victory—and perhaps inspired by the strategy that worked so well for the North Vietnamese3—they are counting on the forces opposing the Bush Doctrine at home. These forces comprise just as motley a coalition as the one fighting in Iraq, and they are, after their own fashion, just as desperate. For they too understand how much they for their own part stand to lose if the Bush Doctrine is ever generally judged to have passed the great test to which it has been put in Iraq.
Read the entire article.
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