September 6, 2003
GOTTA KNOW YOUR PERLES FROM YOUR KRISTOLS:
Neocon 101 (CS Monitor)
Pretty interesting primer, includes a quiz: Are you a neoconservative?
Realists…Posted by Orrin Judd at September 6, 2003 12:29 AM--Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision
--Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy - and vice versa
--Don't want US policy options unduly limited by world opinion or ethical considerations
--Believe strong alliances are important to US interests
--Weigh the political costs of foreign action
--Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest
Historical realist: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Modern realist: Secretary of State Colin Powell
Highly enlightening: a Progressive (Teddy Roosevelt) and a conservative (Ronald Reagan) are categorized as neoconservatives.
One question -- if a majority of those who identify as Republicans qualify as "neoconservative" according to this quiz, can we stop calling the people tricking the President into enacting their policies a neoconservative cabal? Or should we concede that neoconservative is not a very precise term these days?
Posted by: kevin whited at September 6, 2003 4:59 PMDon't look at me; I was a Realist.
Posted by: oj at September 6, 2003 7:22 PMYou Powell-ite you!
Posted by: kevin whited at September 7, 2003 3:48 PMWell, Adam Clayton Powell did go to Colgate.
Posted by: oj at September 7, 2003 10:00 PMErk. I was a neocon. Then again, so was Reagan, so I feel ok about it.
Posted by: Chris at September 8, 2003 1:01 PM