An old video of the columnist surfaced on Crooks And Liars

provoking this comment of appreciation:

“On the other side however, he was somewhat refreshingly honest in saying that we started a war in Iraq (as opposed to other MidEast countries) simply “Because we could”. He didn’t try to obscure the reasons with WMD/Democracy/AQI/OverThereNotOverHere/etc. He just kind of confirms the most cynical reasons for starting a war of choice: 1. to “carry a big stick”, 2. to break a bubble of mideastern perception of the US, 3. Becuase we could. I wish the other “pundits” were this honest….”