The bar’s open again
Billmon’s the best political commentary anywhere.
Total War: ???All along, I’ve had the sneaking suspicion that the choices in Iraq would ultimately boil down to mass butchery or defeat. But, as the above post indicates, over the years I’ve become progressively less certain what the ultimate decision would be — and whether and when the American military would flinch from the implications of that choice.Next year may be the year we find out.
Go read the whole thing.