What he said

Norm Geras:

Whatever anyone in the anti-war camp may like to tell herself or himself about the reasons why this war was fought - whether their story is about WMD, oil, or whatever - one of the things it was fought for, from the very beginning, was regime change. In view of its difficulties and its dangers, that is not the sort of enterprise that a responsible political leader, or a civlized democratic government, can embark on as if it were a weekend outing, saying 'Oops, sorry - let's go home' when things go wrong. The US and its allies have a responsibility, in view of what they've begun, to stay and fight until the forces now opposing self-determination and democracy for the Iraqi people have been defeated or are victorious.