It's a hoot to see such utter nonsense from the likes of Buckley. The fact, and it is an undeniable fact, that Iraq didn't absolutely implode over this Mosque bombing, is proof positive that we ARE winning. Yes, there was a violent reaction. The Iraqis and the US got it under control right away. In the old days this would have caused a holy war the likes of which we'd be observing for years.
I've never seen a rag tag group so determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Buckley thus alligns himself with the likes of Teddy, John, Hillary and Jane. William, get a grip.
Buckley isn't as resistant to facts as a lot of people are. He's willing to look at evidence and change his mind if it tells him that his original assumptions were wrong. He has seen that the promises and predictions of the Iraq invasion supporters have not come true - but rather the opposite. The person who has been proved right is John Paul II, who opposed the invasion from the beginning. Blessed be his name.