I’m supposed to be working on my book (sorry, Bernadette !), but I couldn’t let this pass. From a letter by a former congressional staffer in yesterday’s NY Times:

“These are grounds under United States statutes for the resettlement of as many as two million Iraqi refugees who are associated with American operations in Iraq.”

Actually, the number that could be admitted is unlimited. And, practically speaking, the majority would be Sunni, because if things fall apart and we hightail it out of Mesopotamia, the Shia will take over and start slaughtering the Sunnis. In other words, if we don’t “win” in Iraq, whatever that might mean, we’ll end up taking in huge numbers of people who supported (and still support) our enemies.