Not exactly “suck on this,” but not all that much better from the Mustache of Understanding:
Have no doubt: we punched a fist into the Arab/Muslim world after 9/11, partly to send a message of deterrence, but primarily to destroy two tyrannical regimes — the Taliban and the Baathists — and to work with Afghans and Iraqis to build a different kind of politics. In the process, we did some stupid and bad things.
If the narrative ain’t working for us, do you think trying harder is going to change that?
