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Farewell to the man in the arena

Ross Douthat found this 1/16/2009 on shadow.foreignpolicy.com

By Christian Brose And there you have it folks. Curtains for the Bush presidency . No big surprises tonight. And nothing that will be much remembered either I'm afraid -- no evocations to " steer clear of permanent alliances ," no warnings of a " military-industrial complex ...