From the article: “He trashes neocons and democracy promotion, but then he champions Ronald Reagan and Kirkpatrick,” Boot says of Cruz. “And of course Kirkpatrick was one of the original neocons, and Ronald Reagan made democracy promotion a key part of his foreign policy.”
I just love it how they try to coopt Reagan for their purposes. He was not a Neocon, neither was Jeane Kirkpatrick. I cannot think of one major engagement Reagan got us into other than a foray into Lebanon as part of a peace keeping force. Honestly, the GOPe hated Reagan, did everything they could to stop him and now try to claim him as their own.