...or, it could just be more of the fetid bullshit that got us involved in invading Iraq.

How's that old saying go again?..

"Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. Lie to me dozens of times on national television, violate international laws with wild abandon, violate your own country's Constitution over and over, and generally act like you've got the Divine Right of Kings on your side, and I'd be a fucking moron to listen to anything you or your people have to say ever again."

Yeah, I think that sounds right.

RE: Gates, Truth and Afghanistan - New York Times