If you were wondering who this Evan Kohlmann person is…

…as found here: he’s the guy that did this pre-surge interview in 2007 for Salon where he breezily declared that:

  • “The U.S. is failing miserably at containing the spread of al-Qaida.”
  • “The idea of Western-style democracy in Iraq doesn’t appeal to anyone.”
  • “I don’t think any number of new troops is going to help unless we’re going to station troops on every single corner of every single street in every single city in Iraq.”

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