Our 'Messianic Impulse'- December 10, 2006 As Americans struggle to find an answer to the serious problems in Iraq, larger and broader questions beckon. How did we wind up in Iraq in the first place Some argue that we were too aggressive and self-righteous in promoting our principles, too meddlesome, too arrogant in seeking to transform the world, too quick to intervene militarily in crises far from our shores and remote from our interests. If the United States would only change its approach to the world, if it understood the virtues of.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006120801516.html?nav=r... |