From Atrios I've learned that Josh Marshall has pulled back from his earlier melodramatic response to the WaPo story he linked to earlier, and I understand why. I admit I'm a little relieved about the Iran connection, for various resons, but I think it's beyond doubt that the invasion strengthened Al Qaeda, and that was the only reason I responded as I did. Marshall after all was in favor of the thing itself, which I thought was stupid- both the war and his response- so I jumped. If I'd read the article itself rather than his comment, maybe I would have been slower to respond.

Now Buzzflash has this.