Willam F Buckley is a defeatist?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-2_25_06_WB.html

I can't believe that he has given up on the 13 million people who want democracy and a stable government. This country is being held hostage by terrorists that are stoking old anger in a small percentage of the mass population. I am just dissapointed in such a great conservative mind.