The truth is near impossible, in terms of iraq. The americans blame the sunnis and shias. The sunnis blame the americans and the shias. The shias blame the sunnis and americans. The only beneficiaries of this absurdity are the kurds. I am happy. They deserve it.

What we must do is support dictators. Not on the basis of friendliess to our businesses, or in the name of fighting communism or terrorism or whatever the situation seems to require. Rather, on the basis of human rights, human freedoms, and rational policies. Social, economic, and the like.

Secrecy cloacks indiscriminately. It protects the necessary and unneccessary secrets. It protects the good and the evil.