WHY WE WENT TO IRAQ

Via the estimable Eschaton:

"There isn't a single sensible person who really believes that we went to Iraq to install a democracy. Tom Friedman's war existed in his head and nowhere else. The messianic instinct Roberts refers to isn't about promoting democracy, it's a messianic desire to expand the number of client states who serve our interests. Essentially, the cold warriors live on, using American force to further certain US business interests and to install buffers between us and the mythical united Union of Muslim Fascist Republics (a replacement for the non-existent USSR), which said cold warriors began warning about as soon as the USSR collapsed."

What he said.

Read the whole "Pat Roberts wakes up" post. You won't want to miss the reminder of Michael Ledeen's insanity.