QOTD: Victor Davis Hanson

QOTD:Victor Davis Hanson

So how do we make sense of what seems so nonsensical [in Iraq and the Middle East in general]? Rather easily--just keep in mind four general talking points about America's recent role in the world and most things gradually become clearer.

Point One (for Americans): My own flawless three-week removal of Saddam Hussein was ruined by your error-prone postwar peace.

Point Two (for Middle Easterners): We are for democracy--unless you Americans help us obtain it.

Point Three (for Europeans): We are privately for and publicly against what you do.

Point Four (for everyone else): When angry at either the United States (or yourself,) just blame the Jews in America, and Israel abroad.

Sometimes in these crazy times, that is all you need to know.