I haven't been anywhere near this thing since I made that last post. And I left it up because sadly enough, over five years later, I have to admit that I was terribly and unabashedly right. We went into Iraq, thousands of lives were lost, and in 2004 the American people put their stamp of approval on it.

But I don't want to talk about Iraq anymore. Because it's starting to look like Iraq will end up as a footnote to history, a sidebar explanation for why we were so badly underprepared for a real war against a real enemy. We've committed a huge portion of our fighting force to the "liberty" of a third-world country with an obsessive devotion to a totalitarian governmental-religious ideal.

Meanwhile, the man in control of the second-largest nuclear cache in the world is rattling his saber at us every chance he gets, and we're doing our best to pretend he isn't serious. Vladimir Putin is staring at us on the cover of Time's Man of the Year issue, hurling insults about our presidential candidates, and saying he will interpret our shooting down a dead satellite as a "missile test." Meanwhile, we're celebrating the "victory" of re-opening the liquor stores in Baghdad.

It's really, really, frighteningly stupid.

I think Dr. Paul said it best during his campaign when he repeatedly pointed out that, twenty years after "defeating" second-most powerful nation in the world in the arms race without blinking an eye, we're freaking out over a small band of militants who live halfway across the world. That folly will become infinitely more apparent under the next president, who will have to deal with an emboldened Russia and a Chinese economy that has discovered what we have long forgotten: a strong economy is supposed to make stuff.

So between law school readings, that's what I think about. That, and my bunnies. By the way, did you know bunnies will chew holes in your curtains? I didn't. But now I do.

Have a nice day.