2 For Tues

In lieu of original composition today (as I'm somewhat on the run), I offer two bits for you loyal readers.

The first:

Q: What's your assessment of the war in Iraq?

A: Utter debacle. But it had to be from the very first. The reasons were wrong. The reasons of this administration for taking this nation to war were not what they stated. (Army Gen.) Tommy Franks was brow-beaten and ... pursued warfare that he knew strategically was wrong in the long term. That's why he retired immediately afterward. His own staff could tell him what was going to happen afterward.

We have fomented civil war in Iraq. We have probably fomented internecine war in the Muslim world between the Shias and the Sunnis, and I think Bush may well have started the third world war, all for their own personal policies.

Q: What is the cost to our country?

A: For the first thing, our credibility is utterly zero. So we destroyed whatever credibility we had. ... And I say "we," because the American public went along with this. They voted for a second Bush administration out of fear, so fear is what they're going to have from now on.

More from Eric Haney, a founding member of Delta Force, here.

Then, in rebuttal to Haney's comments, we have these dweebs (courtesy of Crooks and Liars).

Such is the state of Repub rock (celebrating Zell Miller?). Bet Lester Bangs would've had fun with it.