Kritikerne av USAs Irak-politikk later som om det finnes et alternativ. OIiver Kamm demonstrerer på ypperlig vis at det gjør det ikke. Med mindre man vil gå inn for restaureringen av kalifatet eller Baath-styret. Iraq and the record of French diplomacy

What motivates certain European governments is a plain wish for Anglo-American administration in Iraq to fail. Witness the fatuous observation made yesterday by the most venal of European agents:

France, a leading anti-war campaigner, also condemned the attacks but emphasised the importance of restoring sovereignty to Iraqis as a means of stopping the bloodshed.

The only sense I can make of this is that the French seriously believe the terrorists in Iraq are demanding popular sovereignty. They’re not: popular sovereignty is what the terrorists oppose. Their aims are heterogeneous but allied: the restoration of brutal dictatorship, whether in the form of Baathist terror or a revived Caliphate. There is no political solution available to the liberal West in dealing with these forces; all that is open to us is to defeat them militarily. It is no exaggeration that the most important task for liberals in the world order today is to give unreserved support to British and American troops in that aim.

Jeg er redd han har rett. USA betaler prisen i blod hver eneste dag. Europas passivitet kan bli dyr på andre måter. USA kommer ikke til å glemme.