[lbo-talk] Buckley throws in the towel on Iraq

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Sat Feb 25 22:11:16 PST 2006


On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Jim Farmelant quoted Bill "Today I'd be a communist" Buckley:
>
>> And the kernel here is the acknowledgment of defeat.
>
> Wow. You gotta admire the guy for the nerve & honesty. Is the right going
> nuts?

I thought Buckley never saw himself as a neocon, and saw himself as closer to the paleocons -- who, led by Buchanan and Taki at The American Conservative, were always against this war.

Michael



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