Mission Accomplished, indeed

Many of us who opposed the war in Iraq did so because, we argued at the time, Iraq was successfully contained and therefore no threat to America and that a war over there would distract us from greater dangers posed by al Qaeda, North Korea and Iran. Six months later -- six months after toppling Saddam Hussein, that is, it's obvious that we were right. If the goal of President Bush's foreign policy was to make America weaker, more vulnerable and more hated, mission accomplished.

- Paul Begala