This excerpt from "State of Denial" is pretty good (and depressing) reading. So much for all those "Vietnam Lessons" about letting the military and intelligence guys do their job. Obviously, BushCo ignored smart people against an Iraq War, but my god, they ignored so many smart people who were *for* the war. And thinking last night, I realized that this isn't the first time Radical Republicans ruined a post-war opportunity to create lasting liberty and peace.

Anyone remember Reconstruction?