(Former?) liberal WaPo columnist Richard Cohen’s going to have trouble getting invited to the right parties. He’s seems to have become a full-fledged admirer of the simian in the White House. Either that, or he left his computer unattended…

To the dismay of many, Bush has so far proved effective because he has not shied from using force. He has shown he means what he says. When he said he wouldn’t deal with Arafat, he didn’t deal with him. When he said he would whack Iraq, he whacked it. When he said he would get involved in the peace process, he did. He not only can bang heads together, he will. His record so far says so…

…To the chagrin of those who criticized Bush for doing nothing in the Middle East, to the horror of those who abhor the use of force, the president may succeed where every American president in modern times has failed. Like Alexander, he didn’t fuss with the Gordian knot. He cut it. It’s called changing the facts on the ground.

The end times truly approach.