[Loser]

Originally posted by rextorres:
Actually Wolfowitz ... attacking Iraq ... to project U.S. power into the region.

I will affirm that this is true. It is said to be true, though I have not read the paper myself, it has been reported.

I just don't see a problem with it.

Hawkish? Yes.

Irresponsible? It is hard to tell without all the cards down.

Wrong? We'll see.

When it comes down to it, the U.S. hawks must be given a chance once in a while, if only to remind the only remaining Superpower of its limitations. This is necessary. Just think, if the U.S. didn't have Afghanistan and Iraq on which to try its might, it just might seek an alternative solution to its problems with the steel subsidies in the Czech Republic, or belligerence in China, or France, just France.

It will balance, in the end. It would be nice if it didn't have to work this way, but it does. Maybe later, when humanity grows up a bit more... blah, blah, blah (you know where that goes).

Anyway, manipulation of the media and public opinion is not bad, it's just the way things get done. Plenty of things get washed over for those in power: Kennedy things, Clinton things, Reagan things, Bush things, more Kennedy things, you get the picture. You want honesty, listen to the Billy Joel song. You want accountability, well, we might be able to help you there, but you might not like what universal accountability does to _your_ heroes.