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What National Review doesn’t mention is the absence of support among the working class for the foreign policies that got us into this mess in the first place.

I could have sworn that Osama and his insane religious buds "got us into this mess in the first place".

Somebody needs to tell good ol' Lew that democracies generally have a real hard time with coherent longterm foreign policies, while dynastic Islamic dictatorships have no trouble with them at all.

Shut your piehole, Rockwell.

I could have sworn that Osama and his insane religious buds "got us into this mess in the first place".

There you guys go again: confusing explanation with justification.

Let's try a simple analogy. I take my wife on a drive to the other side of town. I take a short cut and run out of gas right in the middle of the most dangerous part of the city. We are quickly surrounded by youths who, despite looking like millionaire rappers, extract us from our vehicle, rough us up and steal all of our possessions.
When the ordeal is over, my wife turns to me and refers to the mess into which I have got us. I correct her by pointing out, freeper-style, that it was in fact the local youths who got us into this mess. She looks at me as though I have completely lost my mind. End of story.

I could have sworn that Osama and his insane religious buds "got us into this mess in the first place".

Your first mistake...