IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE?

James Joyner | Friday, April 4, 2003

IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE? If this WSJ editorial is any indication, the commentariat may have swung in the other direction again. While I agree that things are going very, very well and think there is a possibility that the regime will collapse at any time, I also wouldn’t be surprised if the fighting lasted several more weeks. If we’re going to encounter heavy resistance anywhere, it’s going to be in Baghdad.

Comments like this are just stupid:

Coalition troops are closer to downtown Baghdad than many American commuters are to their offices.

Most of us don’t have people shooting at us on the way to work.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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