“The Roman Empire is falling,” says Robert Fisk. “That, in a phrase, is what the Baker report says. The legions cannot impose their rule on Mesopotamia. Just as Crassus lost his legions’ banners in the deserts of Syria-Iraq, so has George W Bush. There is no Mark Antony to retrieve the honour of the empire. The policy ‘is not working’. ‘Collapse’ and ‘catastrophe’ – words heard in the Roman senate many a time – were embedded in the text of the Baker report. Et tu, James?” (Thanks to YK.)

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.