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January 15, 2006
Niall Ferguson Is Firmly in the Pre-Emption Camp
Harvard's Niall Ferguson, author of "Empire" and "Colossus," has come down firmly on the side of pre-empting Iran's nuclear ambitions:
The origins of the Great War of 2007 - and how it could have been prevented:
With every passing year after the turn of the century, the instability of the Gulf region grew. By the beginning of 2006, nearly all the combustible ingredients for a conflict - far bigger in its scale and scope than the wars of 1991 or 2003 - were in place . . .Read the whole thing.
Posted by Chester at January 15, 2006 8:20 PM
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He's going to stop getting invitations to cocktail parties in Cambridge if he keeps writing stuff like this.
Posted by: TigerHawk at January 16, 2006 8:46 PM
Somehow, I recall reading that Ferguson and the Neocons had had a falling out. But the essay argues for pre-emptive war. Would this keep him in a fellow traveler status, then? Mind you, I don't disagree with the essay's sentiments...I'm just trying to keep my score card up to date.
Posted by: Clioman at January 17, 2006 10:40 AM
Such a bleak outlook on the future,
but I don't think we'll wait until 2007 to strike Iran..
I'm thinking that the 'Ides of March' will acquire a whole new meaning.
Posted by: Marvin at January 23, 2006 7:44 PM