From Thomas Friedman's column today....

"What we could do — and this was the only legitimate rationale for this war — was try to help Iraqis create a progressive context in the heart of the Arab-Muslim world where that war of ideas could be fought out."

Excuse me, but how is that a legitimate rationale for this war? We are not going to invade Georgia to create a progressive democracy in the heart of Central Asia are we? Or Gabon. Or Columbia? Hell, maybe we will. But it doesn't make it legit. The only legit reason for this war would have been that Saddam Hussein was actively producing weapons of mass destruction and was actively giving them or planning to give them to terrorists who were to use them to attack the United States. But that was not the case. Frankly that was never the case and way too many people still believe it to have been the case. Which is scary.