Note: Everybody and his dog has an opinion on Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement, including me, but I’m still formulating it. Meanwhile, here’s a thought I had the other day.
From Reuters, a response to Bush’s “fight ’em there instead of here” line:
“Why don’t they find another place to fight terrorism?” asked Abdul Ridha al-Hafadhi, 58, head of a humanitarian aid group. “I don’t feel comforted by Bush’s remarks; there must be a timetable for their departure.”
Yeah, if I were an Iraqi I’d be a little annoyed (well, maybe even enraged) at the suggestion that my country was a much better place to fight terrorism than anyone else’s. What the hell, though; Bush is just practicing the ultimate form of NIMBY.
(Seen at Juan Cole’s place.)
“….that my country [Iraq] was a much better place to fight terrorism than anyone else’s….”
Excellent point. I never thought of it from the Iraqi perspective. But during the Iraq War, I remember Salam Pax, the Iraqi blogger, of “Where is Raed?”, stated then that “if you want to throw a war, throw it in your own neighborhood” or something to that tune. That was in context to smart bombs landing too close for comfort.
Yes, this is a very good point. And I intend to use it again and again and again. Thanks.