Policy Shift

Top-ranking members of the Ba'ath Party are denouncing terror and renouncing Hussein:

Former Ba’ath Party leaders in Northern Iraq denounced the party of Saddam Hussein Tuesday and exhorted the people of the region to work with the Coalition to build a free and unified Iraq.

More than 50 leaders who once supported The Ba’ath Party objectives met in the city hall of Ash Shurah, a small town 35 kilometers south of Mosul, to discuss their role in the future of Iraq.

During the meeting, ten 2nd, 3rd and 4th tier leaders of the party publicly denounced terrorism, violence, and voiced the need for all Iraqis to work together for the future of the new Iraq.

So - parts of the Ba'ath Party now agree by extension that the liberation of Iraq was a good thing.

In the meantime, Powerline reports that international donations to the terror-backing Palestinian Authority are down - way down:

Well, it's possible that after all these years, the "donor nations" have grown "fatigued" and "weary of the lack of progress toward peace." I suspect it's more likely, though, that supporting terrorism doesn't have quite the cachet it once did. I'd guess that the "donor nations" can see that the wind is not blowing the terrorists' way, and that aligning themselves with terrorists carries new and potentially unpleasant risks. Is it possible that the Bush Doctrine may be about to score another victory--the collapse of the Palestinian Authority?

Perhaps the Democrats will come around soon.

Probably when Clinton claims credit for it.

Posted by Mitch at January 14, 2004 07:01 AM