Have a Nice Day
Tim Cavanaugh of Reason, raining on your parade:
The beauty of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld is that he harbors no illusions about a serene future, for Iraq or for the United States. He knows, even if he doesn’t quite come out and say, that we’re going to be in the Middle East forever. There will be no disengaging—not from the Saudis, not from the Iraqis, not from the Israelis, not from anybody. This futureless land, where hatred, violence and madness constitute the coin of the realm, is our new home. That guy with the bloody head [from a Shi’ite religious festival in Karbala]? He’s your new neighbor. Your children’s children will be dealing with him. Say marhaba.
