You'd think that would be self-evident, right? Of course I'm not talking about the obvious dissimilarities here. I'm talking abour Conodoleeza Rice, PhD's assertion that the guerrilla war in post-war Iraq is the same scenario as that found in post-war Germany. She particularly references the WerWolfen, groups of Nazi partisans that were supposed ot enagge in a guerrilla movement along the lines of the french resistance, but meaner. She's wrong, and she knows it.
Before she became National Security Adviser, Dr. Rice wrote a book on post-war Germany, so she should be well aware of the circumstances there, and the plentiful differences between Iraq and Germany.
So what's the big deal? Dr. Rice, in an effort to defend the ongoing combat effort in Iraq, came out and tried to equate the two different situations. Dr. Rice has pretty much foregone any intimation that her academic credentials should be respected, because whe is raning pretty far from accepted truth.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2087768/
Posted by Chris at September 12, 2003 02:10 PM