You Broke It, You Bought It

Pat Lang at Sic Semper Tyrannis is running out of patience with the neocons, and decides to fold, spindle, and mutilate a David Brooks column in the post: The Children’s Crusade/Thirty Years War.

“1 – He shows no evidence of thinking that the situation in Iraq has passed beyond American ability to control events at the macro level. It is over, David, just over…”

Maybe if we performed the Dead Parrot sketch, inserting “Iraq” for “Parrot”, Bobo would understand. It’s worth a try, nothing else gets through.

“2 – Brooks is quick to condemn anyone who wishes to reverse the venture of American intervention in Iraq. He says nothing of the direct influence and prevalence of the neocons in causing the situation now prevailing in the Middle East generally and Iraq in particular.”

If you go back to the first Gulf War, the reason no attempt was made to pursue the Iraqis and take out Saddam at the time is because everyone agreed that removing Saddam would result in exactly what has happened. The Saudis, the Syrians, the Turks, the Kuwaitis, the Emirates, everyone agreed that Saddam’s regime was the only reason Iraq didn’t fly apart at the seams.

“Brooks and his friends are seeking to position themselves in such a way as to re-focus blame for catastrophe. This should not be allowed.”

Brooks et al. own the shards of Iraq. They are the ones who thought it was a reasonable idea to remove Saddam. They are the ones that formed the chorus to cheer on this disaster. They are the ones who ignored the facts and the considered opinions of people who have spent their lives studying the area. They are the ones who attacked every voice raised in opposition to the invasion.