Government by Madmen

Michael Cohen catches something I missed about the decision to start calling the IRGC terrorists. According to the Post, one of the motives for this action was Condoleezza Rice's desire "to pacify, for a while, administration hawks who are pushing for possible military action." I think one good way to tell that your country's gone 'round the bend is that this sort of thing starts showing up in your morning paper.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/08/government-by-madmen/45817/