The problem with conservatives....
...is that their intellect is often too clouded by ideology to recognize when they're wrong about something. That's what happened with the Terri SChiavo debacle. It's certainly true with their support of "intelligent" design. And it's a terrific liability in the foreign policy arena.
Let's face it folks. Invading Iraq was a terribly bad idea, driven by the kind of simple-minded naive arrogance that typifies conservative ideology. The idea that we could force-feed democracy on a nation of over 22 million people with little more than 130,000 troops is just plain ludicrous. Its so inane that even the most strident Bush sycophant should have figured it out. Unfortunately, political loyalty sometimes muddles reality.