Monday, December 13, 2004

The turning point?

Fareed Zakaria says: “Fallujah altered the dynamic for the better. It's not simply that it was a military victory—everyone expected that. Far more important, the victory did not seem to generate a high political cost (something I was worried about). The uproar that was expected across Iraq in response to the operation simply did not happen. The Shia and Kurds did not complain, and even the ‘Sunni street’ was much quieter than anticipated.”

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