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September 28, 2006
On 'Infidel Documents, Intelligence, jihadists and the Iraq war debate'
We needn't give credence to the assertion of President Bush--that the jihadists would turn up in our cities if we pulled up stakes from Baghdad --to recognize that a terrible price would be paid were we to opt for a hasty and unseemly withdrawal from Iraq. This is a region with a keen eye for the weakness of strangers. The heated debate about the origins of our drive into Iraq would surely pale by comparison to the debate that would erupt--here and elsewhere--were we to give in to despair and cast the Iraqis adrift. - Fouad AjamiFouad Ajami's Opinion Journal piece today, notes just how odd and ironic it is, that the intelligence agencies that had been mocked by liberal opinion for their reporting on Iraq before the war have now acquired an aura of infallibility, and reminds us that, strictly speaking, the National Intelligence Estimate, what the Democrats are using as yet another "canonical" document - is not a finding: It is an assessment of Islamic terrorism and its perceived links to Iraq. In short, the NIE report is not worthy of being a "cononical" document, and it should not be treated as such. Ajami's perspectives on the war on Iraq are as informative as they are instructional - it's truly a must read:
Posted by Richard at September 28, 2006 10:24 AM
