"By January 2009, nearly everyone responsible for launching and directing the war in Iraq will have left office. Sorting out who did what will then become a job for historians. In choosing successors, however, Americans should insist on leaders who will foster debate and welcome disciplined dissent. These leaders should be surrounded by advisers chosen primarily for their relevant experience and demonstrated competence, not their ideological purity and partisan loyalty."

Foreign Affairs Magazine, Sept/Oct issue

screen shot from today...

I guess I should be impressed that it at least made it to the front page; right along with the couple who got married at Wal-Mart. At least it was bumped down for something more important - like a painting getting a 10 centimeter tear in it by vandals.