Detached from reality

I started reading this NY Times editorial on Iraq – “One Year After” – and hit the following line, which I had to re-read several times.

In the short run, the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of its leader have done virtually nothing to stop terrorism.

Then I did a word search on “Libya.” Nothing. “Syria?” Nothing. Anything about Iran? Nope. Nascent democratic reform in Saudi Arabia? Nada. In fact, nothing at all about eradicating state support for terrorism and changing the debate for democracy in the Middle East. The Times would have you believe that the actions of a handful of Iraqi insurgents, desperate to reverse the course of freedom, constitute a failure of policy.

So I stopped reading.