Black Humor in Harper's

So, Brzenzinki is speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations Cmte, and this happened:.

.. though I opposed the war, there would be a strong case made for it. [not the case that was made] But I think we know by now that to prevail we will need to 500,000 troops in Iraq, wage the war with unlimited brutality, and altogether crush that society because it would probably intensify its resistance. So that's a nonstarter. (April, pg. 22)

Oy. The conversation is completely worth reading. Interestingly, paradoxically [cf. the BBC/YouTube below], this IS precisely why I was and am against this war -- this would be the only way to win it. And that's just not good PR for "democracy." Nor is it something the people would endorse. ... 'Course, neither is what we have.