Andrew McCarthy argues that we’re doing it just fine.
“No,” you say, “not true. The administration is deftly running diplomatic interference for Israel, slow-walking a truce so the Israelis have time to put a hurtin’ on Hezbollah.” Really? Was that what you really thought “drive them from place to place” meant? Running interference with France while somebody else does your heavy lifting? Is this what you supposed was meant by regarding state sponsors as “hostile regimes”? We play diplo-chess for our ally while Iran not only arms and directs but, now, actually joins Hezbollah in the fighting?
I wonder if American admiration for British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be as strong if, when it came time to fight jihadists and their enablers in Afghanistan and Iraq, England figured it was good enough to run diplomatic interference with France.
This morning I heard Bush refer to Islamic fascists, and cheered. How discouraging it is at a time of war to have to cheer the president for only sounding vaguely like he did a few years ago.