Are We Gearing Up For Another War? -- A Commentary

EDGY VIEW - U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Dunhaime controls the boom while an F-16C Fighting Falcon receives fuel during Northern Edge 2011 in Alaska, June 16, 2011. Dunhaime is an in-flight refueling technician assigned to the 168th Air Refueling Wing, Alaska Air National Guard. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley

U.S. Gears Up for War Number Six -- Doug Bandow, National Interest

President George W. Bush was largely divorced from what one aide famously dismissed as the “reality-based community.” The unnamed staffer told author Ron Suskind that “when we act, we create our own reality.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), now pushing for war against Syria, apparently believes, along with the anonymous White House official, that he is one of “history’s actors,” unconstrained by unpleasant reality.

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