… suggest that our behavior is reminiscent of Nazi Germany, then I don’t know how much lower we can sink. This quote is from a senior British officer, quoted in today’s Daily Telegraph.

My view and the view of the British chain of command is that the Americans’ use of violence is not proportionate and is over-responsive to the threat they are facing. They don’t see the Iraqi people the way we see them. They view them as untermenschen. They are not concerned about the Iraqi loss of life in the way the British are. Their attitude towards the Iraqis is tragic, it’s awful.

We need leadership that is willing to clearly define our goals; we need a press corps willing to go beyond the daily briefings to get a story; we need the UN involved immediately and we need to figure out how to help the Iraqis stabilize their country and then we need to get out.

From The Whiskey Bar.