Shamelessness

Eric Alterman in the Media Matters blog notes the sheer chutzpah of Iraq War-promoting neo-conservatives who still feel no discomfort and perfectly qualified to criticize Obama for settling an exit timetable:

Which leads me to wonder if, when people like [O'Hanlon et al] . . . attack Barack Obama's plans for Iraq, it might be a good idea -- for the sake of fairness and intellectual honesty -- to preface their remarks by saying: "Of course, it was the judgment of people like me who caused this catastrophe, and nothing I predicted before the war has actually turned out to be true, while Obama was not only correct about its likely effects, but also prophetic. Still, for reasons I can not even begin to explain, much less justify, I feel qualified to instruct him that ..."

Could it be their shaky reputations they are desperately trying to hold onto, more than the fate of Iraq, that most concerns them? Just a thought.