Steyn, brilliant as usual

Read this VDH column that he excerpts, but by all means, read Steyn's post as well.

UPDATE: Had to post the closing of VDH's piece:

But to believe that truth would be–if we remember that scene in Tolkien’s Two Towers–to trust the grating harsh voice of Gandalf detailing the dangers of Saruman rather than the mellifluous charm of the latter who in soothing tones outlines his own victimhood.