What every American should know about Iraq

David Michael Green has come up with a concise and invaluable summation of the situation in Iraq and how we got into this mess.

Save it. Print it out. Stick it in the face of the next pseudo-patriot you encounter who spouts ill-informed nonsense about this national tragedy.

Adapt it for a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Use it to rebut the votes and rhetoric of your representative in Congress. E-mail copies of it to your friends.

Read it and re-read it and remember all the salient facts. Spread the truth.