Fantasy land
John Podhoretz:
"WESLEY Clark, the Democratic presidential candidate, has a plan: The Saudis should go hunting for terrorists while NATO takes over as the military and civilian authority in Iraq.
"John Kerry has a plan: The United States should go to the United Nations and get a resolution creating a U.N. military force under American command.
"Howard Dean has a plan: 'The most important step we can take in Iraq today is to internationalize the forces stationed there, particularly by bringing in Muslim and Arabic-speaking troops,' the Democratic front-runner has said.
"Dennis Kucinich, a longshot leftist rival of Clark's, has a plan: The United Nations should take over entirely from the United States in Iraq.
"These aren't really plans. They're fantasies - fantasies of escape.
"...Like most fantasies, these involve the flight from responsibility. The Democrats recognize that somebody has to be in charge of rebuilding Iraq from the ground up. They just don't want the United States to do it. The fact that there's nobody else who can or is willing to do so simply doesn't enter into it. It will just happen somehow, as if by magic."
John Podhoretz:
"WESLEY Clark, the Democratic presidential candidate, has a plan: The Saudis should go hunting for terrorists while NATO takes over as the military and civilian authority in Iraq.
"John Kerry has a plan: The United States should go to the United Nations and get a resolution creating a U.N. military force under American command.
"Howard Dean has a plan: 'The most important step we can take in Iraq today is to internationalize the forces stationed there, particularly by bringing in Muslim and Arabic-speaking troops,' the Democratic front-runner has said.
"Dennis Kucinich, a longshot leftist rival of Clark's, has a plan: The United Nations should take over entirely from the United States in Iraq.
"These aren't really plans. They're fantasies - fantasies of escape.
"...Like most fantasies, these involve the flight from responsibility. The Democrats recognize that somebody has to be in charge of rebuilding Iraq from the ground up. They just don't want the United States to do it. The fact that there's nobody else who can or is willing to do so simply doesn't enter into it. It will just happen somehow, as if by magic."
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