[hcmama]

At a minimum, Iraq should put an end to the notion of "nation-building," especially nation-building on the cheap, and to the glib and heady talk of "national greatness" interventionists who were prepared to put other people's lives on the line from the safety of their editorial offices.

Thank you, Dr. Sowell. Hard to believe a Republican administration embraced this idiocy and that so many "conservatives" cheered on the madness. Why W decided to listen to the chicken-hawks who wanted to recast his presidency along the lines of LBJ will always be a mystery to me. The conservative movement will be tainted with this disaster for years to come. Any future conservative standard-bearer should make it clear they will bury the putrid corpse of "nation-building" for once and all.

[nascarnation]

I always felt W had a grudge to settle against Saddam for trying to assassinate his father.
I cut him some slack for that.