OK, this is really interesting

Go read the intriguing and mind-expanding lecture by Yale's Prof. Gaddis, to which I was directed at Eschaton. The characterization of the Bush administration is an uncommon one, and worth considering. I've never been a big fan of the Bush-is-a-monkey school of political debate, and we ought to consider that our political and ideological enemies should be attacked on the grounds of their mistaken assumptions and poor solutions, rather than personal issues which might not even be true.

Also, this passage strikes me as especially funny:

That “Washington’s policy of pre-emption has created the image of a global policeman who reports to no higher authority and no longer allows locks on citizens’ doors.” (This echoes a point made by John Ikenberry).

That “Bush’s decision to invade Iraq [in the absence of multinational consent] provoked complaints that great power was being wielded without great responsibility. (This echoes a point made by Spiderman).

Spiderman? Is that really the only source? I know I've tried (and failed) to find someone else saying that (though, it is actually Uncle Ben who says it first), but it just seems like it's from somewhere else too.