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Geopol, and interests.
Oct. 11th, 2002 06:56 amAccording to this article (free registration required) in the NY Times, "The White House is developing a detailed plan, modelled on the postwar occupation of japan, to install an American-led military government in Iraq if the United States topples Saddam Hussein, senior administration oficials said today."
I like the tone of this. "An American-led government" doesn't really surprise me. If they're after sticking a client government in for a bit, then they're hardly going to let China run it, are they? But "if the United States topples Saddam"? Err . . . still supposed to be maintaining the "coalition of the free peoples" line, aren't we guys? Guys? Guys . . . ?
It later points out that it four years for Germany, and six for Japan, to acquire civilian government after WWII.
In other news, I've been looking at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nmg's <http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=nmg>profile. (Hi Nick. Haven't seen you in a bit, have I?) We seem to have more than the average number of shared interests, including a couple of things I can't believe I haven't listed myself (irn bru and Jan Svankmeyer are going up there sharpish), and as usual it's interesting to see what his idiosyncratic interests are, because one of them is Dave Langford.
Nobody else finds Langford interesting? many years ago I heard (from David Wingrove) a story about him which would interest a lot of people. And no, I'm not going to put it in print. Ask me when you see me.
I like the tone of this. "An American-led government" doesn't really surprise me. If they're after sticking a client government in for a bit, then they're hardly going to let China run it, are they? But "if the United States topples Saddam"? Err . . . still supposed to be maintaining the "coalition of the free peoples" line, aren't we guys? Guys? Guys . . . ?
It later points out that it four years for Germany, and six for Japan, to acquire civilian government after WWII.
In other news, I've been looking at
nmg's <http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=nmg>profile. (Hi Nick. Haven't seen you in a bit, have I?) We seem to have more than the average number of shared interests, including a couple of things I can't believe I haven't listed myself (irn bru and Jan Svankmeyer are going up there sharpish), and as usual it's interesting to see what his idiosyncratic interests are, because one of them is Dave Langford.Nobody else finds Langford interesting? many years ago I heard (from David Wingrove) a story about him which would interest a lot of people. And no, I'm not going to put it in print. Ask me when you see me.
