Let's make a bet. I predict that Iraq won't have a civil war, that it will have a viable constitution, and that a majority of Iraqis and Americans will, in two years time, agree that the war was worth it. I'll bet $1,000 (which I can hardly spare right now).Read about it here.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Jonah Goldberg's Iraq War Bet
Two years ago today Jonah Goldberg, right wing pundit, made a bet to Professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan.
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Saw that piece too. My favorite line in the piece:
Cole reacted to the proposed bet with disgust -- calling it symbolic of "the neo-imperial American Right. They are making their own fortunes with a wager on the fates of others, whom they are treating like ants." Wrote Cole: "Here we have a prominent American media star ... betting on Iraqis as though they are greyhounds in a race."
Indeed!
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