Obama finally apologizes for murder by drone strike... since it was an American

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But I'd like to see an American leftist go in there and do much better. The place is a hornet's nest.

That's why you don't go in when you know shit about the situation at hand and the forces involved. I remember posting my predictions about the outcome of the war back in 2002 at fearbush.com. They came true to the point. And I'm not claiming to be a Middle East expert, just someone keeping his eyes open for all sorts of information available. Everyone having two brain cells to rub together could have predicted it. It was obvious considering the Shia/Sunni conflict and the fact that Iraq is a constructed state, drawn up by some colonial official in his cozy office in London, without giving ethnicity, tribal loyalties and religious affiliations any thought. Add to this a Western force marching into a region where the most holy sites of the Shia are and you have a perfect recipe for a major explosion.