http://disqus.com/people/3b4d51634f5842a865c2da01a08695aa/enMon, 10 Mar 2008 21:31:20 -0000http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/complexity_intellectuals_and_iraq/#comment-1788574&quot;The war swept up millions of lives...&quot;<br>&quot;By then the war was not about nothing. No war ever is.&quot;<br>&quot;The war began as folly; it became a tragedy...&quot;<br><br>It's quite romantic, that war.bjcefolaSat, 09 Feb 2008 13:20:44 -0000http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/brookings_benchmarks_an_incomplete_kinda_sorta_not_really_explanation/#comment-1788827Does O'Hanlon ever lay out exactly what his 11 benchmarks are? The congressional benchmarks from last year numbered 18, I'd like to know what was dropped. From the above I get<br><br><br><br>- Provincial election law<br><br>- Long term oil law<br><br>- Kirkuk(?)<br><br>- Provincial Powers Act<br><br>- Federal funding for provincial governments<br><br>- Amnesty for Baathists<br><br>- Purging extremists from government<br><br>- Integrating Sunni militias into federal forces(?)<br><br><br><br>That leaves three unaccounted for.bjcefolaMon, 10 Mar 2008 21:31:20 -0000