Buckley: The War is Lost

An astonishing editorial from William F. Buckley in the National Review. The upshot: it's in the country's best interest to concede defeat and make plans based on that reality. $Q: It would not be surprising to learn from an anonymously cited American soldier that he can understand why Saddam Hussein was needed to keep the Sunnis and the Shiites from each others' throats. The fault lines between the pretend conservatism of George Bush and the genuine conservatives is growing by the hour as the Dubai controversy divides those on the right into two camps: men of principle or Cult of Bush sycophants. With Iraq lurching towards civil war, the port fiasco could be a prelude to the base running from the war as well. Dark days for both W and all innocent Iraqis bearing the brunt of his incompetent and adolescent foreign policy.