WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Wilsonian Wars, Wilsonian Ruin. “After we expressed our concerns during NATO’s Libyan war that the afterparty was likely to be chaotic and unpleasant, we’ve been watching the horrific humanitarian and political consequences unwind in several places, most dramatically in northern Mali.”

Meanwhile, in Iraq they’re serving pizza, fried chicken, and “San Francisco steaks.” Seems like the Bush approach is looking better than the Obama Administration’s “more rubble, less trouble” approach. See, this is why I opposed that approach 5 years ago. Pizza good. “Horrific humanitarian and political consequences,” bad. That’s how things work here in simplistic InstaPunditland.

UPDATE: Okay, it’s a bad day to make that point.