It's to be Expected

...when you've got government by dolts.

A couple of stories caught my attention this morning, starting with Krugman's op-ed suggesting that it might not be a bad thing to listen to those (of us) who realized from the onset that invading Iraq was a foolhardy enterprise. This, of course, is in light of the Flip-Flopping of the Wise Men Brigade, who back in 2002 (see Greenwald for more on this) couldn't puff their sagging chests out fast enough in support of Operation Enduring Clusterfuck. Indeed, Attaturk even managed to stomach the Weakly Standard (pun intended) article that inspired Dr. Krugman's opinion piece.

Actually, it DOES provide us with an excellent example of wingnut hubris at its finest.

The other article that I noticed was this report indicating that insurgent activity within Iraq is being funded in part...by our "ally" in the region, Saudi Arabia.

You know, it's genuinely pathetic: Team Bush is so blindly, stupidly loyal--with an emphasis on "stupid." The kingdom is truly playing this administration for chumps. And they're not alone: when the United States government finally comes crawling out of the self-induced abyss they've insisted upon dragging us into, we'll ALL be the worse off for it.

But again, what did we expect? Government by dolts inevitably means you'll have doltish policy. It's unfortunate that such policies aren't merely appendages in theoretical pursuit, but decisions that have real, genuine consequences. The bill WILL come due. And we'll all have to pay in some way...