What the opinion pages from flyover-land are saying.

Steven D at Booman Tribune

A sample of what has been published by local newspapers across the country: From the editorial pages of South Florida's Sun-Sentinel, comes this op-ed piece written by Jim Mullins, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy:

George W. Bush promised "a humble foreign policy" and rejection of "nation-building" in his 2000 presidential campaign. They were the first of a long list of deceptions as, in his first National Security Council meeting, he outlined an invasion of Iraq as the most pressing foreign policy issue facing the United States.

From the editors of the Sacramento Bee, hometown paper for Sacramento, California (pop. 407,018:

... Woodward's book, for all its wealth of detail about how an ill-considered adventure became a grossly mismanaged attempt to remake the Middle East, is but one part of a larger picture becoming depressingly clear -- of a wrongheaded administration that's also arguably one of the most incompetent and devious in recent memory. That we already knew that offers no comfort.

From the editorial pages of the Denver Post, staff columnist Diane Carmen:

"My son was a fourth-generation Army officer," said Meredith, who said she believes the U.S. needs a strong military. "But I don't want one more family to hear, 'We regret to inform you ...."'

Meredith said she never supported the war in Iraq...

Read it.