Saturday, November 22, 2003
IRAQ BLOG
A number of English-language blogs have sprung up in Iraq. Iraq the Model (?) is one that's begun very recently. This post is an excellent example of the kind of personal journalism that marks the best of blogging -- vital, real, current. Oh, and it gives the lie to the Fiskian whining about "cruel American Imperialism" and "it's all about oil" we hear from the left.
UPDATE: More Iraqi blog surfing led me to this, an article by an Iraqi who runs through all the posited motivations for America's program of libration in Iraq. He reasons that it can't be economic: The U.S. is obviously spending more treasure in Iraq than it could ever hope to get out of the country, nor can it be the oil, since U.S. control over Iraq's oil will be lessened under a non-autocratic regime. It can't be a pro-Israeli policy, since a well-armed Baathist-controlled Iraq was a constant motivator to "Israeli expansionism." He's honestly stumped. But honest. Good man.
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 6:58 PM
