Shock and Awe in Iraq; U.S. Army Sgt. James Amyett told The Washington Post, 'I guess the Iraqis didn't get the memo that the war is over.'(Column)

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 26-APR-04

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Byline: George F. Will

Aleksandr Kerensky died in New York in 1970. He had lived there since the 1940s, also spending time at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. From May 1918 to 1940 he lived in Western Europe, editing newspapers and journals for other Russian emigres. In July 1917, at the age of 36, he had become head of Russia's government. In October he was ousted by a 47-year-old, Vladimir Lenin.

It is worth taking this walk down memory lane as the United States struggles with the task of midwiving the birth of a new regime in Iraq. The U.S. challenge is not just to produce an Iraqi head of government. It is to make sure that that person is not a Kerensky--an...

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