Whether it's a left or right perspective you look from, both Afghanistan and Iraq are monstrous failures on many levels.
To even suggest that freedom and democracy are the motive forces is ridiculous beyond belief.
Vengeance, greed and the desire to make a military statement against possible economic challengers are the reasons. The camouflage is freedom, even though elections under the barrel of a gun are in no way freedom.
The Left he describes are the affete, self-serving smug middle class do-gooders you find in the Liberal Party.
