As one of the first and most consistent critics of our Iraq policy — especially as a reaction to the 9/11 attack — I am motivated yet again to scold our most senior policymakers (past and present) for the awful mess they have gotten and kept us in over there. Not only that, it’s getting worse every day in Iraq, mostly as a result of the seriously flawed policies of the Bush and Obama administrations; in fact, the word “incompetence” describes most of it.

Going In: Dumb — but understandable? Going after Iraq — especially as a response to 9/11 — was basically apples and oranges. They had little or nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks.