In the latest issue of The New Republic (September 2), the magazine's editors make what they take to be the "best case" for attacking Iraq. As the flagship magazine of the left-neocon wing of the Establishment, it might be worth examining TNR's argument in order to gain some insight into the thought process of our elite punditocracy. The editors admit that Saddam is evil, but deny that this alone constitutes a sufficient reason for pre-emptive action. "But he is not the only evil leader in the world, and we are not proposing to act against other evil leaders, not even … Continue reading The Ideology of Control