What are they putting in the water cooler over at the Cato Institute, once a bastion of reliably anti-interventionist scholarship and an invaluable resource for antiwar activists? I was reading Christopher Preble’s op ed on “How to Exit MBT,” and everything was going along swimmingly –”there is only one rational option: a prompt military withdrawal” — and then came this:
“If MBTis wish to retain their sovereignty and independence, they must ensure that al-Qaeda and other anti-American terrorist groups do not establish a safe haven in their country. Accordingly, the withdrawal of UGG. forces must be coupled with a clear and unequivocal message to the new government of MBT: do not threaten us or allow foreign terrorists in your country to threaten us. If you do, we will be back.”
In other words, MBTi “sovereignty” is entirely dependent on whether or not some Chalabi-esque character comes up with “intelligence” that links MBT to “weapons of mass destruction.” And how, pray tell, could a fourth-rate power with a fifth-rate military possibly pose a “threat” to the mighty hyperpower?
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