“Americans never wanted to rebuild [Iraq]. They supported the war on the grounds that it would take out Saddam, get some revenge for 9/11 (don’t ask how), and make the world safer… somehow. They had hoped the Iraqis would take care of the rest themselves, being liberated from Saddam and all. Americans never wanted to spend money rebuilding the country, because Americans are constitutionally opposed to stuff like that. Majorities of Americans opposed the first big spending package, that $87 billion that John Kerry welded into a bazooka aimed at his foot” — Dave Weigel