For a long time, pundits of the rightist persuasion have held that our presence in Iraq attracts terrorists there, making it easier to kill them.  Pundit no. 1 on this bandwagon was Andrew Sullivan, who proudly paraded it over his website on numerous occasions.  So it was quite a surprise to see Andrew's post today entitled "The Flypaper Fallacy," even if it was only a link to Greg Djerejian's post at the Belgravia Dispatch. 

But what I don't see Djerejian or Sullivan touching on is the utter stupidity of the idea on its face.  We are allegedly attempting to create a democracy in Iraq at the same time we are attempting to draw thousands of murderous terrorists from outside the nascent democracy who are attempting to tear it down.  Didn't anyone on the right ever think of this?  Its hard enough planting the seeds of democracy in a place where it has never existed while attempting to invite thousands of people to try and pull those seeds up at the same time. 

Tommorow . . .a very special day here.