Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Let's Admit that this War is a Quagmire

We can be honest with ourselves:

Sixty years after Paris was seized by the "Allies," and the beginning of the American occupation, France remains a failed nation, mired in political corruption and beset by vast pockets of Muslim extremism and anti-semitism, into which the gendarmerie fear to tread. The economy continues to struggle under economic policies driven by failed ideologies, and many of its best and brightest continue to flow out of the country, with only ex-dictators and their families, and hysterical movie stars willing to move there.

Sadly, history has born out the predictions of those who, in the spring of 1944, warned against invading. Many had pointed out what a poor prospect the region was for any kind of democracy, with its long history of belligerence and arrogance, and failed republics.

Via Glenn Reynolds

1 comment:

Jeff the Baptist said...

Wow Quagmire is right. V-E day was over 60 years ago. The wall has been down for, what, fifteen? Man, Truman should have had an exit strategy...