September 1, 2010

So It’s Victory in Iraq

By Michael Wolff

Follow me on Twitter @MichaelWolffNYC

It’s been the Neocons who have been, through a constant refinement of the goals and measures, suggesting that we’ve won the seven-year war in Iraq. Now, only slightly more judiciously, the anti-war president and his ever-voluble vice president are suggesting this, too. Well, people will say anything if it suits. David Brooks, ever trying to sugarcoat the basic Neocon position, weighs in with an assessment of Iraq in which, all things considered, he finds the seven-year effort admirable and worth it. It cost us nearly 5,000 lives and, he says, choosing the lowest possible figure,...