Remember that Mona (and Bill Kristol as well as much of/most of the Bulwark staff) was/is NeoCon and fully supported the disastrous Iraqi invasion (on false pretenses) and the “forever” occupation of Afghanistan. She also advocated for the U.S. to intervene in Libya and Syria. She has shown, and continues to show, a tremendous lack of humility in examining her previous “traditional” Republican positions.

“Inviting Russia to assert dominance [in Syria]…”. Good luck with that. No foreign country really asserts dominance in the Middle East. It is where empires go to die. Obama was 100% correct in choosing not to intervene in Syria or Libya.

I believe it was SecDef Robert Gates who said “Any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should 'have his head examined.” He was right, on so many levels.

Her main point that we should be grateful that Trump is not President is 100% right. But she has been so wrong on so many other calls before that she basically has zero credibility with me.