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Bush's favorite historian
British author Alistair Horne explains what Pinochet, Sharon and Bush have all taken from his work, why peace means getting rid of the priests, and why Iraq is the wrong war in the wrong place.
By Gary Kamiya [2007-05-08]

  • Gary Did a Good Interview

    The purpose of the interview was served. We learned a good bit about Alistair Horne.

    I looked for a sense of Horne's personal culpability in the Iraq debacle and didn't find it. He blames Tony Blair, the Labor Party guy. But aren't our historians with a "Sir" in front of their name better able to weigh the benefits and liabilities of going to war?

    Horne offers one positive alternative to invasion that many supported, use special forces to attack al Qaeda where found. Horne correctly decrys the disbanding of the Iraqi Army in May 2003 and provides an 1814 analogy. But Horne tips his hand when offering a solution to the mess we are in. "Bring in the Indian divisions", he says and pay them.

    Geez, didn't an earlier British historian have the wonderful idea of bringing the Hessians to America in the 1770's? The Iraqi's are Arabs and they HATE outsiders as occupiers.

    So Mr. Horne we must leave Iraq for al Qaeda is our enemy. As long as we remain there, we recruit new and committed soldiers for our enemy.

    -- Ron Smith
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    Tuesday, May 8, 2007 07:23 AM
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