Fukuyama

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/magazine/neo.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slog
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After  Neoconservatism
By FRANCIS FUKUYAMA
Published: February 19, 2006
 
(...) As we approach the third anniversary of the onset of the Iraq war, it  
seems
very unlikely that history will judge either the intervention itself or  the
ideas animating it kindly. By invading Iraq, the Bush administration  created
a self-fulfilling prophecy: Iraq has now replaced Afghanistan as a  magnet, a
training ground and an operational base for jihadist terrorists,  with plenty
of American targets to shoot at. The United States still has a  chance of
creating a Shiite-dominated democratic Iraq, but the new government  will be
very weak for years to come; the resulting power vacuum will invite  outside
influence from all of Iraq's neighbors, including Iran. There are  clear
benefits to the Iraqi people from the removal of Saddam  Hussein's
dictatorship, and perhaps some positive spillover effects in  Lebanon and
Syria. But it is very hard to see how these developments in  themselves
justify the blood and treasure that the United States has spent on  the
project to this point. (...)



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