Lest we forget

I'm no big fan of Michael Kinsley but he pens a rather good op-ed in the WaPo today. He assembles the historical record of our "interventions" noting all too many times we are for dictators and tyrants before we are against them. He reminds us how we armed Saddam, how we enabled the Taliban to gain power and how we toppled a democracy in Iran and allowed the Islamic extremists to gain power. And let's not forget the Iran-Contra scandal where it was revealed that the much revered Ronald Regan was selling arms to Iran. And by the way, our esteemed "Intelligence Czar" Negroponte, among other current highly placed White House cronies, found himself in legal hot water over that one.

What's that old saying, the more things change.....