I continue to oppose the war because of the almost certain geopolitical implications it will have, as well as for moral reasons. But I think that the folks on the ground there are doing remarkably well, considering the can of shit they were handed and asked to turn into a sundae. War is a brutal business, an unclean business no matter how it is sold, or how honorable the intentions. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and…well, everybody knows the well-worn cliche made popular by one of the great road-pavers of all time, William Tecumseh Sherman.

The rest of this post, as per my policy of war-blog partitioning, is on Rogue Nation.