This week saw Iraq teetering on the edge of chaos as
militants seized the nation's second largest city, Mosul. It was another
reminder that the devastation from one of the biggest blunders in U.S.
history continues, as 300,000 Iraqis became refugees this week alone.
Incredibly, the war's cheerleaders somehow took the turmoil as
vindication that the U.S. should never have left. "Lindsey Graham and
John McCain were right," said McCain. But the problem isn't what we did
in 2011; it's what we did in 2003. In 2014, we need to stop listening to
those who have been wrong on this war again and again. Back home, Tea
Party challenger Dave Brat knocked off House Majority Leader Eric
Cantor. Though Brat's no-reform stance on immigration played a role in
the outcome, more powerful was his anti-Wall Street message, leading
Ryan Lizza to dub him "the Elizabeth Warren of the right." For
establishment politicians, including Hillary Clinton, it's a message
they ignore at their peril.
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