noteworthy wrote:
In the aftermath of Fukuyama's essay, Bill Kristol is feeling defensive.

This article's lead:

DEMAGOGUES TO THE RIGHT OF THEM, appeasers to the left of them, media in front of them, volleying and thundering. Can the Bush administration continue to charge ahead? Does it have the will--and the competence--to lead the nation for the next three years toward victory in the long war against radical Islamism?

Immediately makes me think of this song:

Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you.

RE: The Long War