Missing the War

Are you worried that the Bush Administration is on the verge of turning the war in Iraq into a full-on regional conflict against Iran and Shia Islam? Well, worry no more — according to Seymour Hersh, that's already happened. It's a "Rube-Goldberg policy contraption" that makes for strange Sunni bedfellows. The US hasn't started sleeping with al-Quaeda yet, but we're coming closer than you might think (or want). As they say, read the whole thing.