More Haitian than West German

May 24th, 2004

Niall Ferguson, before diagnosing America with Asperger's syndrome: “The fact that America did such a good job in West Germany and Japan after the Second World War - to say nothing of South Korea - suggests that it doesn't always have to end in tears. But, right now, Iraq's prospects look more Haitian (to mention just one of numerous other examples of botched American interventions) than West German.”