The war against the war
Commentary has posted Norman Podhoretz's "The War against World War IV," forthcoming in the magazine's February issue. Commentary's Davi Bernstein writes us:
I'm writing, now, to let you know about Norman Podhoretz's latest article, “The War against World War IV,” in which he takes vigorous aim at the enemies of the Bush Doctrine--the rising domestic chorus of voices calling for disengagement from the “failure” of Iraq and prophesying both near- and long-term damage to American interests around the world if we persist. The unlikely bedfellows include isolationists both left and right, conservative superhawks, foreign-policy realists, liberal internationalists, and more.
“The War against World War IV” analyzes this new domestic offensive against the Bush Doctrine, systematically taking up and refuting the arguments of the critics. Podhoretz’s conclusion is that Bush is determined to stay the course, but that the obstacles facing him--and us--are formidable: not the insurgent forces of violence on the ground in Iraq and elsewhere, but the powerfully gathering culture of defeatism at home.
