2007-03-05 The Redirection
<hide> <let name=data index=Date>2007-03-05}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\US-Iraq War\Middle East\Seymour M. Hersh\Iraq\Iran\Bush II warmongering}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\US-Iraq War\Middle East\Seymour M. Hersh\Iraq\Iran\Bush II warmongering}} <let name=data index=URL>http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/05/070305fa_fact_hersh}}{{#vardefine:Title%7CThe Redirection}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|The Redirection}}{{#vardefine:Text|by Seymour M. Hersh: “Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?” Points out that the Iraq War benefits Iran, but seems to assume that nobody could have foreseen this -- when it was in fact predicted by David Brin (and possibly others), who suggested at the time that this fact should be used to obtain concessions from Iran thus making the present situation less likely. The fact that this was not done adds to the case that the Bush administration is actually looking for excuses to go to war rather than trying to prevent it.}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|by Seymour M. Hersh: “Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?” Points out that the Iraq War benefits Iran, but seems to assume that nobody could have foreseen this -- when it was in fact predicted by David Brin (and possibly others), who suggested at the time that this fact should be used to obtain concessions from Iran thus making the present situation less likely. The fact that this was not done adds to the case that the Bush administration is actually looking for excuses to go to war rather than trying to prevent it.}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}