MUST READ: The U.S. debate over Iraq is missing the most serious questions

"There is a terrible truth to the debate currently playing out in the United States over recent events in Iraq: Republicans are still entirely clueless about the Muslim world. It’s shocking: after more than a decade of post-9/11 engagement, the kind of understanding one would expect has not been forthcoming. The opposite has happened, in fact: Republicanism has retreated into a bunker made impenetrable by self-delusion..."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-us-debate-over-iraq-is-missing-the-most-serious-questions/article19235723/