http://www.hithimagain.com/2008/01/13/iraq-wants-the-us-to-leave/ A constitutionalist blog on politics and other miscellany. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:50:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.hithimagain.com/2008/01/13/iraq-wants-the-us-to-leave/#comment-295 PJN Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:55:45 +0000 http://www.hithimagain.com/2008/01/13/iraq-wants-the-us-to-leave/#comment-295 All are distracted. Varus at least fell on his sword. We are numb to the blade. All are distracted. Varus at least fell on his sword. We are numb to the blade.

]]> http://www.hithimagain.com/2008/01/13/iraq-wants-the-us-to-leave/#comment-292 Hit Him Again Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:09:13 +0000 http://www.hithimagain.com/2008/01/13/iraq-wants-the-us-to-leave/#comment-292 <p>I've got to say, you're going pretty old-school on the historical analogues. As a general matter, and an author's postscript, it's irritating to have to discuss subjects such as "polls amongst Iraqis" and "the Iraqi constitution" as though they should be intensely important to the policies of our own government. It is only by our own choices that they have become so. I would imagine that my writing this article is a bit like being forced to watch and comment on a midday televised soap opera - how distracted our government has become!</p> I’ve got to say, you’re going pretty old-school on the historical analogues. As a general matter, and an author’s postscript, it’s irritating to have to discuss subjects such as “polls amongst Iraqis” and “the Iraqi constitution” as though they should be intensely important to the policies of our own government. It is only by our own choices that they have become so. I would imagine that my writing this article is a bit like being forced to watch and comment on a midday televised soap opera - how distracted our government has become!

]]> http://www.hithimagain.com/2008/01/13/iraq-wants-the-us-to-leave/#comment-291 PJN Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:25:19 +0000 http://www.hithimagain.com/2008/01/13/iraq-wants-the-us-to-leave/#comment-291 The failure of the political establishment and the American people to seize upon this as a methodology for extricating ourselves from Iraq surely betrays not only our real purpose but also how we view others. We view the Iraqis and by extension their kinsmen, as the Romans viewed the Germanic tribes prior to 9 AD. The only important question is not who is the modern Arminius but who is our Varus? The failure of the political establishment and the American people to seize upon this as a methodology for extricating ourselves from Iraq surely betrays not only our real purpose but also how we view others. We view the Iraqis and by extension their kinsmen, as the Romans viewed the Germanic tribes prior to 9 AD. The only important question is not who is the modern Arminius but who is our Varus?

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