The Blog

Uncle Jimbo "Speaks to Power"

1:23 PM, Mar 6, 2007 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB
Single Page Print Larger Text Smaller Text Alerts

Uncle Jimbo, who blogs at Blackfive, the ne plus ultra of milblogs (excepting Bill Roggio's Fourth Rail, of course), has contributed an excellent piece to the Politico's user-generated editorial page. I gather that readers are encouraged to vote for their favorite article, which will subsequently appear in the newspaper's print edition. Uncle Jimbo proposes implementing the Sy Hersh fantasy of aggressive cross-border raids into Iran in order to counter Iranian meddling in Iraq. Still, Uncle Jimbo does not entirely discount the important role diplomacy can play in confronting Iran:

Now understand that I'm not a sudden convert to the value of tea-sipping and petit-four nibbling, but let's check the box and say OK we talked to them and they said they still need the nukes, Israel doesn't have to go immediately but eventually, and they will cut the number of IEDs they are shipping to Iraq by one fourth. How do you like them apples? They won't agree to any deal worth making so let's show the world exactly that. Oh and did I mention that my Special Envoy selection would be none other than the Walrus himself, John Bolton. I would almost pay money to sit at that table, not almost, would.

Go vote for Uncle Jimbo (the fourth article down).

More by Michael Goldfarb