Did you see this Bill Kristol column a couple of weeks ago

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"There's been a certain amount of pop sociology in America … that the Shia can't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost no evidence of that at all," he reassured NPR listeners in April 2003. "Iraq's always been very secular.

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I used this one a few weeks ago and expressed the same disbelief - how can anyone listen to this guy? Notice the arrogance, "pop sociology" bs. Not really Bill, just guys who actually study this stuff all their lives, and don't wage war on the backs of the poor based on some faith based neo con pipe dream.