Bulk of the Series

David Ignatius' phoned-in hack job on Iranian "machinations" and interference in Iraqi politics doesn't exactly move me to scrutiny, seeing as it is, well, a phoned-in hack job. That having been said, it is impossible to repeat often enough the utter, fundamental, essential, intrinsic, inherent, unavoidable, inarguable, insane absurdity of lecturing a country for taking an active role in the politics of its neighbor and longtime rival when your own nation has invaded that rival, deposed its long-standing government, mandated a new constitution, fortified and occupied its capital city, garrisoned over 100,000 occupying troops, and committed itself to an "enduring" military presence to be measured in decades at least.