He says America is plagued by a self-anointed, highly influential, and insular so-called Foreign Policy Community which spans both political parties, and this assesment is absolutely correct.

I’m not sold on Obama. I’m leaning towards Edwards in fact, but his statement that using a nuclear weapon to take out one individual, and in the process taking out a whole city, is counterproductive and ….well …. insane…is spot on.

Glenn Greenwald’s point about the general uselessness of the Washington foreign policy establishment is correct.

My only quibble is that it should not be limited to the foreign policy establishment.