Shorter Rich Lowry

"Even I now realize I have no fucking idea what I'm talking about"

Allow him to demonstrate:

And you realize how little you know about Iraq. It's one of those places where the more you know about it, the more you realize how little you know about it...

From the prism of the war, a lot of the conservative criticisms of McCain fade toward insignificance: He was right about the surge, and he's the candidate standing in the way of a President Obama or Clinton potentially throwing away all we've accomplished.

Yes, I have no idea what is happening, but nonetheless kids must die and money must be burnt.