wisdom of the father
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| Fri, 08-06-2004 - 1:32pm |
"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human
and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We
would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq....
There was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of
our principles. Furthermore, we had been consciously trying to set a
pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in
and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations'
mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response
to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion
route, the United States coul d conceivably still be an occupying power
in a bitterly hostile land."
If only his son could read.

The best advice is more often than not ignored. Children generally have to learn from their own mistakes. It's too bad this willful child's actions have exacted such a