WHEN SMART PEOPLE ARE STUPID

That can be because of ignorance or ideological blinders. In the case of the war-whores, the latter seems to be predominant. Here's what 3 of them wrote in the Washington Post:

What really matters, however, is that Iraqis come to view themselves as a single people working together to build a new nation, and address their inevitable differences legislatively rather than violently.

This won't happen because the Iraqis AREN'T a single people and won't become one, EVER.