LOTS of things should have been obvious before these fools decided to invade Iraq.  They were obvious to so many of us with even a rudimentary knowledge of history and culture.  The plain fact is they didn't care.  God (in a voice remarkably similar to that of Dick Cheney) told W to invade and invade he did.  That every stinkin' thing that we have tried to accomplish there has turned to s**t must be just the result of the gays who want to get hitched or the Mexicans pouring over our borders or lack of telecom immunity - or something.  This was as predictable as the sunrise and yet these jokers thought they could just waltz in and fix everybody right up.