Some "five years ago" content from colleagues old and new. First, James Fallows'
"The Fifty-first State?" which tried to warn people that occupying and rebuilding Iraq wasn't going to be nearly as easy as war-boosters were saying. Second,
TAP's editorial
"A Reckless Rush to War" arguing that, well, the rush to war was reckless.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/03/looking-back/43893/