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09. Oct 2005

Krig uden ende?

 
Denne nyhed fra forleden var ærlig talt gået min næse forbi: Dick Cheney lover fortsat krig mod terror i flere årtier:
Addressing US military personnel, he said that the only way terrorists would win was if the US lost its nerve and abandoned Iraq and the Middle East.
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The situation in Iraq remains the Bush administration's biggest challenge and all its senior figures have been brought out to defend the policy as public support for the war continues to slide.

Mr Cheney said that the threat of terrorism would be removed as people in Iraq and the wider Middle East took control of their own lives.

But he added, in a direct appeal to the American people, that like other great duties in history, it would require decades of patient effort.
Flere årtiers krig. Det var vist ikke, hvad man stillede verden i udsigt før invasionen af Irak. Det bedste, verden har at håbe på, er vel et systemskifte i USA - eller måske et ydmygende, Vietnam-lignende nederlag i Irak, som kan få USA til at holde sit militær for sig selv - de næste mange årtier?

Der er i al fald ikke megen tvivl om, at Bushs, Cheneys og andre koryfæers retorik dækker over netop dette: De er ved at tabe, rent miltært, og de ved det.

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