Say what you want about the rest of it, it's the last paragraph from Krauthammer's op-ed that jumps out at me for all its self-serving self-delusion:
"Bush remains popular in his party. Even conservatives are inclined to forgive him his various heresies because they are trumped by his singular achievement: He's kept us safe. He's the original apostate sheriff."
Fortunately for Bush, but unfortunately for the next President (who will have to make decisions about warrantless spying, FISA, rainbow DHS alerts, G'itmo, offensive wars against Afghanistan, Iraq, and potentially, Iran, etc.), Krauthammer's assertion is entirely irrefutable... and unprovable. We'll probably never know if anything W. did actually prevented another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Hence, many of the national security lessons of Bush's presidency are debatable, although they shouldn't be.
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