Required Reading for the Anti-War crowd
And probably the rest of us, too. From the London Times.
And finally, the real motivation underneath it all:
...I am not afraid that this war will fail. I am afraid that it will succeed.
I am afraid that it will prove to be the first in an indefinite series of American interventions. I am afraid that it is the beginning of a new empire: an empire that I am afraid Britain may have little choice but to join.
It's amazing how many on the left are so terrified of possible American influence on the world. They seemed so unruffled back in the days of the Cold War when totalitarian tyrannies were actually threatening to take over the planet. Why is America so much more frightening to such people than Soviet Russia was?