William F. Buckley says that the war in Iraq is a failure. Yes, that William F. Buckley!

One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed.

No, one can't, can one?

Our mission has failed because Iraqi animosities have proved uncontainable by an invading army of 130,000 Americans. The great human reserves that call for civil life haven't proved strong enough. No doubt they are latently there, but they have not been able to contend against the ice men who move about in the shadows with bombs and grenades and pistols.
The Iraqis we hear about are first indignant, and then infuriated, that Americans aren't on the scene to protect them and to punish the aggressors. And so they join the clothing merchant who says that everything is the fault of the Americans.

The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, elucidates on the complaint against Americans. It is not only that the invaders are American, it is that they are "Zionists." It would not be surprising to learn from an anonymously cited American soldier that he can understand why Saddam Hussein was needed to keep the Sunnis and the Shiites from each others' throats.

And who, may you ask, is William F. Buckley? Well this is what Wikipedia says about him;

In 1951, the same year he was recruited into the CIA, Buckley's first book, God and Man at Yale, was published. The book was a critique of Yale University, in which he argued that the school had strayed from its original, Christian mission. In the book, he attacked Yale for being anti-religion, anti-capitalist, and collectivist. He then worked as an editor for The American Mercury in 1951 and 1952 before founding National Review in 1955, voice of conservatism of all kinds, which he edited for many years.

In short, Buckley is the conservatives conservative. If he finds the war in Iraq to be a failure be sure that he has millions of Republican followers who are going to hear that loud and clear.

You see this is the base that George Bush cannot afford to lose. Where goes Buckley, there follows the conservative Republican party.

If you look over there ladies and gentleman you will see "the writing on the wall".