the hidden hand

Why are we struggling in Iraq? Why is there more, not less, violence in the Middle East every month?

Well it couldn't be the result of our mistakes, misjudgments and incompetence. No sir, it must be the result of a "hidden hand"! And that hidden hand is Iran!!

When your President is incapable of introspection, every problem must be the result of someone else, an enemy. Iran may be pursuing its own interests and those interests may conflict with out own but that doesn't make them the boogey man, behind every setback. There is plenty of blame to go around in our own naive efforts.

Is it 2008 yet?