Poppy is to Shia as Chimpy is to Georgia

When I read the Kaplan piece I couldn't help but be reminded of the fallout from Gulf War I, when Poppy's promises were met with blank looks during the Shia uprising. It was horrible for the Iraqis. It was a great benefit, however, to the neoconservatives who pimped that story for years as some sort of failure of American honor which led to ... well, you know.