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The author shows an amazing ability to step back and view his own profession as an outsider would. His comments about scholarship vs. leadership crystalize what a lot of us saw in President Bush versus Al, the smartest kid in the room, Gore.

Parts I really enjoyed:

The President is very different than the negative stereotypes about him.
The author still doesn't like the way Saddam was taken out but doesn't think GWB lied, thinks the "it's all about oil" is crap, and ends up seeing Iraq as something a liberal should support.

He makes some rather large leaps of faith in presenting Abu Grahib abuse as a policy result and assuming the worst about Gitmo.

I would love it if all the Bush-haters would read this. Might get debate in this country to a more civilized level.

>>He makes some rather large leaps of faith in presenting Abu Grahib abuse as a policy result and assuming the worst about Gitmo.

Just a side comment on that note - I've seen that theme several times this week, in the wake of the Newsweek/Isikoff/Koran scandel. Each time, I've challenged Lefties for specifics. Each time, I've gotten *crickets* for responses. I am forced to conclude that they "just know it", and have nothing on which to base what they "know".

Anyway, a bump for an excellent analysis.