The Man of La Mancha
Just when you thought William Safire couldn't get any stupider, along comes a piece like this to remind you that Safire will always manage to find a new bottom to the bottom of the barrel. Today he's building one of the most ludicrous straw men I've ever seen. Read the essay and tell me if these concerns sound ANYTHING remotely like actual opposition to the administration that you know of. My favorite quote:
In what is called here "the Daily Schadenfreude," the impression is being marketed that the rebuilding of Iraq is a colossal flop. That Arabs are culturally incapable of self-government.
Is there any way possible within the realm of sanity outside of Safire's head that the second sentence logically follows the previous?