Unintended consequences

Unintended consequences are a bitch.™

When the Bush administration decided to invade
Iraq two years ago, it envisioned a quick
handover to handpicked allies in a secular
government that would be the antithesis of Iran's
theocracy -- potentially even a foil to Tehran's
regional ambitions.

But, in one of the greatest ironies of the U.S.
intervention, Iraqis instead went to the polls
and elected a government with a strong religious
base -- and very close ties to the Islamic
republic next door. It is the last thing the
administration expected from its costly Iraq
policy -- $300 billion and counting, U.S. and
regional analysts say.

...

Conversely, the Iraqi secular democrats backed
most strongly by the Bush administration lost
big.

...

For now, the United States appears prepared to
accept the results -- in large part because it
has no choice.

You create a monster and you live with it. What does
'in large part' have to do with it? Don't you either
have a choice or not?

Jeez. Logic lessons, dipshits.

Oh, my dear heavens. Now, how does The Institutional
Mind recover from this mess?

Take a guess.

Psst. Don't tell anyone.

I hope you do know by now that there is no such thing
as The Institutional Mind.

Read.