Asia Times: Where chaos is king

[unhappycamper]

Where chaos is king
By Mark LeVine
Oct 28, 2005

Within 24 hours, on October 16-17, the New York Times ran three stories about the threat increasing chaos posed to emerging, still fragile political orders in Iraq, Palestine and the Sudan. In all three cases, the chaos afflicting these societies was described as an unintentional and negative consequence of ill-conceived policies put in place by the various governments involved: the US in Iraq, Israel as it withdrew from Gaza, and the Sudanese government as it finally tried to restrain marauding Janjaweed militias in Darfur.

In no case was the chaos viewed as intentional or beneficial to one or more of the forces competing for control of these countries.
The US occupation of Iraq in particular has been judged a failure by its critics almost from the start because of the chaos it has generated. Even with the approval of the constitution, "experts" are arguing that, as long as American and other foreign troops remain in Iraq, the situation "will become more chaotic", or in the words of Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, will continue to "destabilize the Middle East".

Of course, only angry, irrational Arabs - in this case, Sunnis - could desire such a state of affairs. As the Project for a New American Century's Gary Schmitt wrote in a Washington Post op-ed, they "could well believe that the resulting chaos and even occasional death of a neighbor or a member of his extended family is a price worth paying for a return to Sunni ascendancy".

Similarly, last week Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice argued before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the enemy's strategy is to infect, terrorize and pull down".

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[izzie]

1. Chaos will be king as long as we try to run the world.

I think most of the worlds troubles are we countries that try to rule other countries we have no business in. What Empire has ever done it well? Why are we doing it any how?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Amurkans are getting older.... their stock portfolios need to

increase... gotta maintain that insane consumer driven life.. not to mention the need to retire on the backs of the poor in other lands.