And all I can say is, "No shit!"

I'm gratified to see Bill O'Reilly agrees with me that the architects of the Iraq invasion should be thrown in the slammer -- if not for war crimes, than for high treason:

O'REILLY: Any American that undermines that war, with our soldiers in the field, or undermines the war on terror, with 3,000 dead on 9-11, is a traitor.

That's telling 'em, Bill. And you know it took guts, too, considering who he works for. There aren't many broadcasters with the courage and moral integrity to tell their own bosses they should be in prison -- and say it on the air, no less.

O'Reilly no doubt was reacting to this story, which I guess we can label Exhibit A for the prosecution:

The CIA believes the Iraq insurgency poses an international threat and may produce better-trained Islamic terrorists than the 1980s Afghanistan war that gave rise to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, officials said yesterday.

A classified report from the agency says Iraqi and foreign fighters are developing a broad range of skills, from car bombings and assassinations to coordinated conventional attacks on police and military targets, officials said.

Once the insurgency ends, Islamic militants are likely to disperse as highly organized battle-hardened combatants capable of operating throughout the Arab-speaking world and in other regions including Europe.

The May report, which has been widely circulated in the intelligence community, also cites a potential threat to the United States. (emphasis added)

There you have it, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. By invading Iraq on the basis of a wildly overhyped and nonexistent WMD threat, the Cheney administration has deliberately and with malice aforethought created a failed state -- one that is producing a generation of "better-trained Islamic terrorists than the 1980s Afghanistan war that gave rise to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda."

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