Nuance
I guess I'm not prone to write much later at night. But this is from near the conclusion of an excellent article, all of which is worth reading. It's even got John Kerry's favorite policy concept: nuance.
Whatever the dissembling from officials seeking justification for an invasion of Iraq?and there is no doubt the effort was improperly managed thanks, in part, to harshly contending agendas within the Bush administration?the diagnosis was a correct one. Sept. 11 went beyond Al Qaeda and reflected a more fundamental problem in the Arab world: the existence of regimes allowing or directing resentment toward the outside, particularly against the West, to cover up for their own asphyxiation of liberties.