January 22, 2005

• Well golly gee! The Bush administration has tossed out the list of the coalition of the willing. This just after sending the WMD weapons inspectors home having found zip, zilch, nada.

  Elections in Iraq: Good thing. Too bad it’ll be contested both legally and in the street. There’s also a semisolid rumor that the US and UK are trying to find a way to pull out just after the election, which is simultaneously wise and foolish, as are all contingency plans related to this fucking war.

  I mean, that was what I thought we should do in the immediate aftermath of the war. I said we should create something, *anything* resembling a semi-legitimate government there, and then get the fook out of that situation. But the reconstructionists had to make their wad of cash, during which time we got sucked into conflict with the insurgents. If we had pulled out, the insurgents would have been a legitimate reason to go back in, and legitimacy is the only currency in this situation. Too bad we’re bankrupt at this point.

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