Friday, January 19, 2007

Humpty Dumpty Casualty in Iraq

The metaphor of "the fabric of Iraqi social/political stability has been abraded" would have been far more comforting than "the thin eggshell of Iraqi social/political stability has been cracked." Unfortunately, both are overly optimistic assessments of the situation and discomfort is the appropriate response to assessing what is happening in Iraq.

No comments: