Lagniappe: Admissions of Imperialism from a Conservative? - Is it just me, or has George Will, in his most recent column, basically admitted that the U.S. is engaged in an Imperial Adventure in Iraq? What should one make of this little gem in Will's column: "A nation, especially one doing the business of empire, needs high officials to be highly attentive to what is done in their departments -- attentive far down the chain of command, as though their very jobs depended on it." [Emphasis added.]