Robert Scheer: Why We Don’t Know Our Enemy

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We sure don't know our enemy. Robert Sheer breaks the last 5 years down nicely in this article, and has me thinking about how my perception of the world has drastically changed over that period. We all see now how the "weapons of mass destruction" meme was carefully crafted to garner public support, piggybacking on post-9/11 anxieties, and justify a war widely seen as breaking international law. But who could have predicted that Saddam Hussein's regime would pssess _absolutely no_ weapons that could be construed as WMDs? Some call is a disappearing act, that massive amounts of weapons were secretly transported to Syria, or were so well-hidden that they haven't been found yet. This is becoming increasingly laughable every day; although at the time of the invasion, no one could say for sure the US would fail to find evidence that their assertion was right, superficially justifying the entire episoe

For without this, the US's cannot wash their hands of Iraq. The administration was wrong about the fundamental justification for aggression, so each subsequent loss is cast against that ground. Only an end to the violence could be construed as a progress in the public's eye, despite any reported stability achieved in the newly-formed government.

If Saddam dispensed of weapons he indeed had before 2003, he must laugh to himself to see the Bush administration twist in the wind these days. It's an ugly, ugly scene that these boys have created. Let's hope it doesn't get much worse before it gets better.