AU CONTRAIRE: About 10 days ago, the Washington Post's Richard Cohen wrote an OpEd whining about crony capitalism, 9/11, and the war in Iraq. While there is some merit to his remarks about crony capitalism, his comments about Iraq are particularly irksome.

I'm a proponent of Gen. Powell's "you broke it, you own it" philosophy, or as my Dad used to say, "Always finish what you've started." Any living beings under your protection, be they nations, cats, dogs, birds -- babies -- are not convenience items to be discarded when no longer useful.