http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2005/10/imperial-ambition-poor-execution.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2005/10/imperial-ambition-poor-execution.html/comment-page-1#comment-1477 David Brodbeck Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:51:43 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=1169#comment-1477 This strikes me as a case of Barnett redefining the goals to match what's already been accomplished, so he can declare success. If Bush had said, right off the bat, "We're going to go depose Saddam, even though he's not currently a threat, so that we can split Iraq up into separate states devided along religious and ethnic lines," I don't think he'd have had nearly as much public support. This strikes me as a case of Barnett redefining the goals to match what’s already been accomplished, so he can declare success.
If Bush had said, right off the bat, “We’re going to go depose Saddam, even though he’s not currently a threat, so that we can split Iraq up into separate states devided along religious and ethnic lines,” I don’t think he’d have had nearly as much public support.

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