The Iraq Tragedy - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

The Iraq Tragedy - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: "What has neoconservatism achieved? In Afghanistan, the best possible option is a country dominated by an increasingly Islamist and nuclear-armed Pakistan. In Iraq, the best possible option is a country dominated by Shiites far more aligned with Iran than many Sunni Arab states. And so the upshot of the Bush-Cheney years is an empowerment of both Iran and Pakistan, the two Muslim countries either with or close to nuclear capacity. That is the end result of a policy designed above all to prevent WMDs getting into the hands of terrorists. I mean: you couldn't make this up."

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La Familia, the violent drug cartel, takes inspiration from Colorado Springs: Holy moly! - Denver News - The Latest Word

La Familia, the violent drug cartel, takes inspiration from Colorado Springs: Holy moly! - Denver News - The Latest Word: "And plenty of men have signed on for that battle, with Eldredge's book selling more than 2.5 million copies. A few of which have made their way into the hands of La Familia Michoacana, the newest, most violent of the drug cartels -- whose leader, Nazario Moreno Gonzalez (El Mas Loco), has made Wild at Heart required reading at his training camps, according to a Mexican justice department report."