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12 Dec 2007 05:21 pm

The War For The War

Almost a case-book study of mission-creep:

The trouble is that the war's rationale has become circular -- "success" means success at putting the military engagement on a sustainable basis. We're fighting for the ability to keep on fighting. But sustaining that posture keeps making the United States and our position in the world as a whole weaker and weaker.

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