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Saturday, March 15, 2003
posted by gbarto at 1:06 PM:
Two B-1 Bombers Employed in IraqHere's a more publicly discussed prelude to war, to be added to the things Den Beste talks about in the post below.
But my question: Is it a prelude? Realistically, aren't we still winding down the first Iraqi conflict while preparing to wind it down in a big way? As this article notes, the B1-B was last used in 1998, seven years after the Iraqi surrender. What's the magic that makes Saddam's shooting at US planes enforcing UN resolutions a touchy peace? What's the magic that makes blowing up Iraqi assets still somehow peace. We've done 12 publicly announced airstrikes recently. Hasn't the war already started?
Answer: Of course. But we're not going to really start it with anything obvious like a declaration until we're ready. In essence, the military war is already on. It's only a question of when someone tells Chirac it's too late to stop the war and the diplomatic fur starts flying.
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