Securing Iraq (15) Nihilism versus Democracy

Normblog links to an article by James Bennet in the New York Times on the nihilism of the insurgents. Bennet comments, “If the insurgency is trying to overthrow this regime, it is contending with a formidable obstacle that successful rebels of the 20th century generally did not face: A democratically elected government. One of the last century's most celebrated theorists and practitioners of revolution, Che Guevara, called that obstacle insurmountable” (AJ).