Monday, November 08, 2004

Jon Lee Anderson (who wrote a good biography of Che and whose unwise book on Iraq just came out--read the good critique of this book by Andrew Cockburn in the Nation magazine) on the Iraqi insurgency. He argues that the DeBathification fueled the insurgency. No, Jon: Occupation fuels insurgency. Jon Lee Anderson is one of those American correspondents in Iraq who travel with a bevy of translators, security guards, chefs, personal trainers, and potato slicers. A self-reliant reporter, you may say.