David Brooks, the conservative columnist at the New York Times, joined George Will, Fareed Zakaria and Tom Friedman today in admitting the US has reaped the whirlwind in Iraq. Take a look at his column.
His terms suggest that he may be close to admitting the attack on Iraq was a terrible, tragic mistake. If I read them correctly, none of the others is as near.
Does it matter? Maybe. For the lonelier the White House cabal, the more likely some member will break. (Rumsfeld seems to me to be the most tightly wound.)
And the lonelier the cabal, the more likely a patriot in government will leak. This, after all, is what happened in Watergate. We have yet to find the "Deep Throat" of this Administration, no less the John Dean, somebody who will provide information that will cripple this reign of ignorance and incompetence.
We may still get there. Just guessing, I suspect "there" has something to do with Saudi Arabia. Stay tuned.