Via Hit & Run, I see that National Review editor-at-large William F. Buckley has expressed "retrospective doubts" about the Iraq war:
Mr. Buckley said there was a growing debate on the right about how the war in Iraq squared with the traditional conservative conviction that American foreign policy should seek only to protect its vital interests."With the benefit of minute hindsight, Saddam Hussein wasn't the kind of extra-territorial menace that was assumed by the administration one year ago," Mr. Buckley said. "If I knew then what I know now about what kind of situation we would be in, I would have opposed the war."
Let's see how reasonable, sensible, and open-minded National Review was during that "debate on the right about how the war in Iraq squared with the traditional conservative conviction that American foreign policy should seek only to protect its vital interests."
National Review's cover story, April 7, 2003: Unpatriotic Conservatives: A War Against America.
Ah, I remember now. That was the day I cancelled my NR subscription. I found out later that my dad cancelled his NR subscription years ago after a similar attack on conservatives who opposed Vietnam.
I know exactly what Buckley can do with his "retrospective doubts".
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