Sometimes I think that the real reason I read Steven Den Beste is because, by reading him, I spare myself the annoyance of getting my updates on military hardware via Tom Clancy novels.
Steven also has been lately given President Bush and his administration a lot of credit for manipulating the administration’s opponents. While Bush has certainly managed to make something of a cottage industry of being underestimated, I’m not prepared to elevate his political strategizing to the level of genius that SDB assumes — especially given the gutless, “Thank you sir, may I have another!” nature of the Democratic party these days. Beating the Detroit Lions on a regular basis doesn’t make one the 1985 Chicago Bears.
