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March 11, 2002
THIS IS WHAT VICTORY MEANS:
THIS IS WHAT VICTORY MEANS: Another great column by Mark Steyn regarding the war. Here are his criteria for victory:
*Regime changes in Iraq and Iran.
*The liquidation of Saudi Arabia, with the territory partitioned between Jordan and the less unenlightened Gulf emirs.
*The dissolution of NATO: America needs to stop overguaranteeing European security. For one thing, it allows EU governments to fritter their revenues on lavish welfare programs that allow young Arab immigrants to sit around plotting terrorism at the taxpayer's expense.
*The embrace by the Middle East of the same reforms Turkey embarked on 80 years ago.
Worth considering. Even if you have reservations about points #2 and 3, the larger point is inarguable: we've only just begun.
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