David Brooks on Future Wars ...

The Insurgent Advantage
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: May 18, 2007

The war on terror has shredded the reputation of the Bush administration. It’s destroyed the reputation of Tony Blair’s government in Britain, Ehud Olmert’s government in Israel and Nuri al-Maliki’s government in Iraq. And here’s a prediction: It will destroy future American administrations, and future Israeli, European and world governments as well.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/opinion/18brooks.html