As the Watch says, "[T]he Iraq situation seems to be going to hell before a war even officially starts," and
Body and Soul tells us why. Short version - we've gone from pretending we're doing this for the Kurds to make Christopher Hitchens all giddy with glee, to ignoring them, to being outright hostile in order to gain Turkey's support. We're bribing other countries to come on board in some very inappropriate ways. And, finally, the Iraqi opposition is starting to wonder just what the hell they've signed onto. Oh, and let's not forget Iranian troops
moving into Iraq...
