McWilliams believes that it was the Bush crew's very dislike of the concept of nation-building that deluded them into thinking the Iraq war would end quickly and neatly.
Nowhere in anything the president said was this sentiment indicated, quite the contrary. This, I believe, is just an echo of the liberal talking points on Iraq.
The rest of his 'analysis' is equally fecal:
"In an odd sense, they wanted to be consistent," he said. "They wanted to get rid of this dictator and they had no plans for nation- building.
Ok, Paul, if your so damn smart, where did the idea of the Iraqui governing council come from? Or how about the genesis of the infrastructure repairs? Just because you weren't priviy to it, doesn't mean there wasn't a plan.
Also of note is that this Rutgers Professor McWilliams is featured on the same website as I pulled the White Man's Burden link from. Looks like Paul's writing his columns using Google!