Tom Ricks, clueless about Iraq — or lying

And, still, too much of a warmonger about Iraq, as I noted when I two-starred "Fiasco" on Amazon and got flamed for it.

But, he's now calling for Obama to slow down the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.

As background for that, he first misrepresents the "surge," including ignoring the Anbar Awakening Bribery, which, as much as an troop increase, was key to the surge's success.

Next, he doesn't ask if Iraqi leaders will simply putter on in a semi-dysfunctional fashion if we keep troops there, rather than forcing them to address Sunni/Shi'a/Kurd issues themselves.

And, that's not all he gets wrong. Read the whole column.