July 06, 2005
Bitter Vindication
Writing in the New Republic (free registration required), Spencer Ackerman backs me up:
[CPA Official Terri Kelly] had arrived in Iraq that February with the unenviable assignment of dismantling the militias--a portfolio that no previous official had held despite nearly a year of U.S. control. He understood the importance of his task: A closely held strategy paper he had written shortly after he arrived stated bluntly that "[n]o state can exist and prosper if it contains armed organizations outside of legitimate government control."
It's comforting to see that someone in the CPA at somepoint had their head screwed on right. Now if only we can reverse time and get everyone on the same page, we might actually win this thing!
(via Laura Rozen)
Posted by ben at July 6, 2005 07:51 AM