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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

A "gross, ghastly error which has become a serious catastrophe that is heading for a disaster of galactic proportions"
Democracy can't be imposed by invasion; our best (only) course now is to cut and run. So says former US Chief of Mission in Iraq, Edward Peck.
Peck was stridently pessimistic about American prospects in Iraq and the region. America must abandon the agenda set forth by the Project for the New American Century and its plan to coerce democracy. On the subject of Iraq specifically, he characterized the current situation as a “gross, ghastly error which has become a serious catastrophe that is heading for a disaster of galactic proportions.” Even passing the situation to the UN would do little to improve American standing, as many Iraqis remain resentful over the aborted invasion in 1991 and UN sanctions.