[alancarp]

Okay! For a second there, I thought that MAYBE, the NYT Editorial Board was starting to 'get it' about the UN, for after this piece, it's a short walk to knowledge that a United Nations screw-up in Iraq was inevitable had we actually left the job to them.

But then, I realized that all was still right with the world, for it wasn't the vaunted NYT Editorial Board involved with this scintillating, insightful commentary -- rather, it was an invited op-ed columnist that Doesn't Necessarily Reflect The Views of The Paper.

Good, I can sleep well now. My expectations have not been raised!

[neverdem]

But then, I realized that all was still right with the world, for it wasn't the vaunted NYT Editorial Board involved with this scintillating, insightful commentary -- rather, it was an invited op-ed columnist that Doesn't Necessarily Reflect The Views of The Paper.

Uh, Brooks is one of their two regulars tokens on the right. He's quite moderate on social issues like gun control and homosexual marriage, IIRC. His writing is best when he exposes hypocrisy.