(from Altercation:)
Josh Marshall has written a thorough and extremely disturbing piece in
The Washington Monthly with the following thesis: "The war is not about Saddam Hussein, WMD, or even Iraq. It is the opening shot in a world war pitting the US (and Israel) against every government in the Middle East and Persian Gulf of which we disapprove. US military force, or the threat of it, [will be used] to reform or topple virtually every regime in the region, from foes like Syria to friends like Egypt, on the theory that it is the undemocratic nature of these regimes that ultimately breeds terrorism. So events that may seem negative -- Hezbollah for the first time targeting American civilians; US soldiers preparing for war with Syria -- while unfortunate in themselves, are actually part of the hawks' broader agenda. Each crisis will draw US forces deeper into the region and each countermove in turn will create problems that can only be fixed by still further American involvement, until democratic governments -- or, failing that, US troops -- rule the entire Middle East."
OK, who in here voted for this insanely optimistic and unlikely agenda?
Practice to Deceive
