Like a great, clean blast of flatulence, John O'Sullivan has done us all a great service by throwing back the curtain to reveal the core of Repulican foreign policy. Turn away – lest ye be blinded by the truth:

…the problem in Iraq is that our Iraqi enemies are not sufficiently afraid of us.

This is a splendid column and a must-read. The nakedness of Republican bloodlust is herein laid bare.

Thankee Yglesias.