December 20, 2004

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Iraqi elections and deja-vu?

    By Jack Grant

I have just put up my first post at the new endeavor by the Commissar, the Iraq Elections Blog. My post is Targeted attacks could mean trouble, discussing how the execution-style attack on election officials this weekend could have larger implications than the media play on the story indicates.

On a related topic, the Bull Moose wonders if we are undergoing a deja-vu of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, but this time with a nominal ally, Saudi Arabia, being the ultimate source of support for our enemies the Wahabists. As he says:

Vietnam analogies are inexact and somewhat misleading. But, as in Vietnam, we are increasingly fighting in the midst of a civil war that is being fueled by outside forces.
I fear things will get worse in Iraq before they get better.

Posted by Jack Grant at 15:42 on 20 December 2004
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