Flypaper?

NZPundit is propagating the latest theory on Iraq: the Flypaper Plan. Invade Iraq, flood it with juicy targets (also known as "US troops"), and wait for the terrorists to come and get killed...

Even if we take seriously the idea that this was The Plan All Along, rather than yet another post-facto excuse trotted out after the last one has fallen over, it does raise an interesting question. If this was The Plan All Along, why didn't Bush present it to the American public beforehand? That's what's supposed to happen in a democracy, after all, and its not as if secrecy is an issue - hell, announcing the Flypaper Plan would have been worth a few "bring 'em on"s, which would have made it work even better, so why hide it?

The obvious answer (assuming that this was The Plan All Along etc) would be that the American public would react unfavourably to the idea of US soldiers - their loved ones - being sacrificed in such a way by their leaders. It's a bit rough on the actual flypaper, you see...

So, even if we're charitable to the NeoCons and accept their latest line, that still makes them undemocratic lying arseholes. But no doubt, their supporters will find some way to claim that these are in fact virtues...