Buckley is an ivory tower conservative thinker. His ideas are often too impractical and unworkable.
There is no doubting his intellect. His common sense is another matter.
Watching members of a conservative website that very well might not exist in the absence of Bill Buckley is astounding.
While I am fully supportive of the WOT and our efforts in Iraq, anyone who believes with any degree of certainty that a stable democracy will be the ultimate outcome must have some pretty strong stuff.