Iraq Delusion Syndrome Is Alive and Well

Max Boot writes today that over the past couple of years, Iraq has spiraled ever downward into outright anarchy and civil war: Contrast that with Afghanistan, which I visited last week. While violence, corruption, drug production and government dysfunction remain very real problems in what is still one of the world's poorest countries, Afghanistan is making real progress. Kabul is bustling and, notwithstanding some high-profile Taliban attacks, far safer than Baghdad....Even more impressive, the...