The 'dream palace' will be
one in which the Americans are led by their political
and military leaders through unfamiliar cultural
territory, using largely inappropriate means toward
long-term engagements for which Americans are not
prepared, financially or psychologically.
An administration with revolutionary objectives is running
U.S. policy.
The realists have been banished or marginalized, considered wimps too inclined to compromise. The ideologues believe they are the
terrorists' nightmare, but, instead, they
are the terrorists' dream, because they have
overreacted. By pursuing 'regime change,' starting with
a U.S. general running Iraq for two years or
more, the U.S. will turn even more people against them
and provide the best recruiting ground yet for militant
fundamentalism.
The shock sought by the Americans,
therefore, will more likely be to
themselves.
Unless, of course, the U.S. does an
Afghanistan, and turns Iraq, once conquered, from last
year's headlines to today's back pages.
In which case, Iraq, an artificial country, will fall apart in
chaos." http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2003/03/03OTTAWA658.html
