Just Another Blog
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
 
Did We Learn from Waco?

Mickey Kaus asks with regard to the siege at Imam Ali Mosque, "How do you say 'Waco' in Arabic?" That's one of the more adept parallels I've seen drawn for the situation.

It seems that we are just slowly closing in around the mosque - now within 400 meters - and plucking off (more here) the bad guys as we get closer and closer. So far the slow tightening of the noose seems to be working. The trick of course is killing everyone before they have a chance to blow the place up. At times like this it might be nice to be working with the Russian troops who were so effective in preserving most of the lives and the building structure during the theater hostage standoff back in October 2002. That's an argument for more effective alliance building I suppose.

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