] FAILURE OF WILL? In an article in the spring issue of The
] National Interest, the former president of the liberal
] Carnegie Endowment for International Peace weighs the
] costs and benefits of both staying and leaving. Of course
] success with a policy is always better than failing. But
] he concludes that a U.S. pullout wouldn't be crippling,
] partly because it's so uncertain that staying would
] achieve any of the goals the Bush Administration has laid
] out. Here's his argument:

Picture Lindsay Lohan saying to Lacey Chabert: "Get OUT !?!"

Or, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as Elaine Benes, to Jerry Seinfeld, with a light touch of physical violence for added effect.

Your choice.

In an article in the spring issue of The National Interest, the former president of the liberal Carnegie Endowment for International Peace weighs the costs and benefits of both staying and leaving. Of course success with a policy is always better than failing. But he concludes that a US pullout wouldn't be crippling, partly because it's so uncertain that staying would achieve any of the goals the Bush Administration has laid out.

3,431 words about foreign policy, and four of them are "Saudi Arabia." Here's to progress!