The Derb disses Dubya

Who would've thought you'd see something like this in National Review? For too long, they published only praise of Dubya and his wonderful wars, including the embarrassing "We're winning!" cover that war critics just love to display. Of course, this is John Derbyshire, an original, highly eccentric, though talented writer. After approvingly quoting Pat Buchanan's comparison of Chamberlain's foolish and unenforceable guarantees to Poland with Bush's assurances to Georgia, Derb concludes:

There are some spectacles that are at once tragic and farcical. One such has been the sight of Georgian troops scuttling back from assisting us in whatever it is we imagine we are doing in Iraq, to help defend their homeland, while Condoleezza Rice stamps her foot, George W. Bush watches a basketball game, and John McCain says that he will do such things, what they are, yet he knows not, but they shall be the terrors of the earth.

A perfect picture of Team Bush.