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Saturday, May 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Fred Hiatt on the noble glories of occupation

The Washington Post editorialist says that mere airstrikes are bad because they result in civilian deaths, cause displacement and aid al-Qaida recruitment. Therefore, we should invade and occupy countries instead.
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Monday, May 5, 2008 09:59 AM

"Step by step, the longest march...."

Hiatt concludes the Editorial with a typically self-righteous decree:

Successful counterterrorism requires providing security for the civilian population, economic reconstruction and the brokering of political accords -- in other words, nation-building. That's as true in Somalia as it is in Iraq.

Nation-building, bomb by bomb, bullet by bullet, street by street, corpse by corpse.

Cheers,

—Arne Langsetmo Read Arne Langsetmo's other letters

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