Just read it
Michael Kinsley’s column in this week’s Time magazine: How dare you!
If nothing else, you have to admit it’s a good piece of writing.
(Regarding the Petraeus report, there’s an interesting analysis that points out the reason certain parts of Iraq, such as the Anbar province, are less explosive these days has less to do with the presence and effectiveness of the U.S. military as it does to do with the presence and effectiveness of Iraqi ethnic cleansing. Of course the violence will stop once a formerly mixed Shiite/Sunni neighborhood because Shiite or Sunni only. I saw a site last week that had images of the maps Petraeus used in his Congressional testimony with the ethnic population of the neighborhoods overlayed on top. It’s indisputable when you see it that way, but sadly I was too busy to post the link at the time and now I don’t know where it is. If I find it, I’ll update this post.)