[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Related composite thread:

Contemplating the democratic revolution

[XHogPilot]

Great Headline!
Just finished Googling "Revolution" with other combinations of Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Iraq, Islam, etc. There is an explosion of articles since Lebanon's recent events, centering on (re)birth of democracy. Exciting reading.

[leadpenny]

There's more to the "catastrophe theory" than meets the eye. As far as I can tell, Ignagius still works for the Washington Post.

We are careening around the curve of history . . .

I like that line.

[Malesherbes]

Not a time "for American triumphalism." I agree with that, and I cringe a little when politicians talk about "the world's only superpower," or the unregreted Madeleine Albright speaks of the "only indispensible nation." We've done a tremendous lot of good, and at no small cost, and we can be proud of that, but we have neither the resources nor the will to be the world's policeman. Ultimately, the Arabs and everybody else are going to have to work out their own problems.

[tkathy]

"Once you're in the curve, you can't hit the brakes. The only way for America to keep this car on the road is to keep its foot on the accelerator."

Bush has his foot on the accelerator; Kerry, the dims, and the MSM have their feet on the brakes.

[kittymyrib]

Since the author won't say it, I will...this is all President Bush's fault! Without his leadership, none of these things would be happening. The left is trying hard to paper over that crucial fact, just as they still choke on the idea that President Reagan brought down the Soviet Union. I hope to see the day when one honest leftist writer will give both these great presidents their due, but I won't hold my breath.

[litehaus]

"We are now watching a glorious catastrophe take place in the Middle East. The old system that had looked so stable is ripping apart, with each beam pulling another down as it falls."

Geez! Was Kofi right? Dubya has "upset the universe?"