Erstwhile Hermeneutical Brain Trust: Tony Campolo on the Iraq Troop "Surge"

Friday, October 17, 2008

Big Rick said...: I think that he offers a different perspective from the official line given by the US government. However, I think his commentary ignores some of the “official” points that are important to the overall “success” of the surge- changes in the overall strategy being used, that al-Sadr called a cease-fire from his men, and that the Iraqi government has actually been going after some of the militia’s. Additionally, regarding the money paid to Sunni insurgents, he may be referring to the Sunni militia groups that began attacking Al-Qaeda in Iraq that were organized partially by the US (a certain percentage of these militia groups are apparently going to be integrated into the Iraqi army, but that’s a whole ‘nother controversy…). But he does offer a more-rounded, less US-centric understanding of what is happening in Iraq, with a more complicated and nuanced explanation that is not talked about by the “mainstream media”.; October 21, 2008 at 2:00 PM