Sorry, Al

Daniel Drezner apologizes to Al Gore. He pretty well sums up my thinking during the run up to war, though I was certainly less surprised then he that the fools and ne'er do wells in the Cheney adminstration would produce such a catastrofuck, and so, ultimately, opposed the invastion. But even engaging in pre-war chin stroking, weighing the relative benefits of the invasion (getting out of Saudi Arabia, ending the sanctions, etc.) versus invading a country that did not threaten the United States was, in hindsight a very foolish thing that intellectually enabled the neocons and warmongers to push ahead. So, I'm sorry too, Al.