The danger of self-determination is that we just can't control it!

The collective neocon nutcases that comprise the thinking man's club housed in Charles Krauthammer's brain are not happy with Nouri Al-Maliki and his government.

Our mission in Iraq as proposed by Bush et al was to get rid of Saddam Hussein and allow the Iraqis the opportunity to determine their own future. I remember the early promises of the Iraqi elections to approve the constitution and later to create the new gov't. headed by Maliki's coalition. Numerous right wing pundits and Republican congressmen held up their purple fingers in solidarity with Iraqis as they took the early steps to self-determination and democracy.

Unfortunately, it has become a rather messy and confusing business in Iraq. Maliki and his band of brothers and sisters are displeasing Charlie and his brain trust. Not surprisingly, Maliki's coalition is weak and has no control of sectarian forces that are killing each other and innocent bystanders. And probably the worst part, and Maliki keeps talking to the Iranians.

From the beginning, the neocon impulse to invade Iraq was a failed venture in seach of unintended consequences. Maliki's failures are our failures. We put the events into motion that got him elected him. If Charles and his keyboarding green berets have their way, they would disappear Nouri and replace him without another Iraqi leader who promises to do our bidding. Unfortunately, we don't get do overs after we invade a country and invite them to self-determine their future.

Charile and his ilk continue to redefine what constitutes success time and time again in Iraq. The goal posts have been moved so many times, you can break your ankle in all the holes on the neocon playing field. This time he doesn't want to move the goalposts. He wants to fire all the players on his team, find new players and start the game all over again.