Molly Ivins

| 5. February 2007 | | Jure

Molly Ivins je bila kolumnistka iz Teksasa, ki se ni ravno razumela z nekim drugim Teksačanom. Priznam, danes sem prvič slišal zanjo, čeprav je bila tam preko precej znana. Prejšnji teden je umrla zaradi raka, Paul Krugman pa je šel skozi njene kolumne o vojni v Iraku. Trackrecord je fantastičen.

Nov. 19, 2002: “The greatest risk for us in invading Iraq is probably not war itself, so much as: What happens after we win? … There is a batty degree of triumphalism loose in this country right now.”

Jan. 16, 2003: “I assume we can defeat Hussein without great cost to our side (God forgive me if that is hubris). The problem is what happens after we win. The country is 20 percent Kurd, 20 percent Sunni and 60 percent Shiite. Can you say, ‘Horrible three-way civil war?’ ”

July 14, 2003: “I opposed the war in Iraq because I thought it would lead to the peace from hell, but I’d rather not see my prediction come true and I don’t think we have much time left to avert it. That the occupation is not going well is apparent to everyone but Donald Rumsfeld. … We don’t need people with credentials as right-wing ideologues and corporate privatizers — we need people who know how to fix water and power plants.”

Oct. 7, 2003: “Good thing we won the war, because the peace sure looks like a quagmire. … Vir

Krugman pristavi še odlično misel:

Was Molly smarter than all the experts? No, she was just braver. The administration’s exploitation of 9/11 created an environment in which it took a lot of courage to see and say the obvious.