Posted on 10/25/2004 6:29:07 PM PDT by RWR8189
He is too credulous that Kerry really means what he says, when we should be able to recognize that Kerry, based on his life record, is really an internationalist who will not take vigorous action to protect the US.
The young are the future, by definition. That's why they won.
Huh??
I'm sure he understands all this, but as a Mensan (and yes, I have the membership card to prove it), this is plain nonsense... Intellectual psycho-babble!!
For a real, no-nonsense read on the corruption of the Democratic party, see the new Anti-DNC web portal at:
http://www.nodnc.com/
No material and functions are being added all the time...
Yea well it's all very well and good to term this philosophy 'neo-conservate' But I've been advocating this sort of approach to world affairs and national security since I was a teenager working in the Barry Goldwater campaign in 1964 Did the same thing as a GOP nominee for Congress here in Houston in 1974 Got scorned and labeled a 'fascist warmonger' for my efforts for doing it on the local Pacifica radio station as the token conservative commentator I suppose the author and the 'neocon's finally saw the wisdom of this approach- not that I claim credit for it- I credit Goldwater, Bill Buckley et al for it
This paean to neoconservatism is as vapid as the sermons against neoconservatism were.
1. Richard Perle's resignation as head of the Defense Policy Board in early 2003, after it was revealed that he was lobbying for a relaxation of U.S. Defense Department regulations on behalf of a Red Chinese front company (Hutchison Wampoa) that was seeking to purchase extensive fiber-optic assets from Global Crossing.
2. Richard Perle's resignation as a member of that same body a few months later, after it became clear that almost every single prediction he had made about the war in Iraq was utterly wrong. (Definition of a "disgraceful loser": a person who has the dubious distinction of resigning twice from the same organization in a three-month period)
3. The official statement by a group called the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya late this summer, in which they criticized the Putin government for its heavy-handed tactics in dealing with the Chechen uprising. A glance at the ACPC's membership list will reveal such luminaries of the neo-conservative movement as Richard Perle, William Kristol, Michael Ledeen, etc. "War on terror," my @ss, you jack@sses.
More or less at a stroke, the United States made several things clear:
(1) It intends to do what is necessary to remain the world's foremost military power by an order of magnitude sufficient to discourage all other states from attempting to compete militarily, thereby encouraging the peaceful resolution of disputes between states.
(2) The United States will hold governments responsible for what takes place with their consent within their borders: The proposition that state support for terrorists with global reach may have regime-ending consequences will discourage states from allowing terrorists to operate.
(3) The nexus of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction is so dangerous that in certain instances, the United States will act preemptively or preventively against states rather than allowing threats to gather; this, in turn, will discourage some (though, alas, not necessarily all) states from the pursuit of such weapons.
(4) The best way to secure the peace is through freedom and democracy, because free, democratic states want to live in peace with each other; the United States should therefore be at the forefront of the promotion of freedom and democracy.
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We have our marching orders.
This is not a drill, this is realpolitic.
I kid you not.
See you in New Orleans!
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America
Address:http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html Changed:2:40 AM on Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Credibility and Putin? You think so.
Richard Gere is also a member of that group. WTF are all those neo-cons doing in the same organization as Richard Gere -- sharing gerbils?
John Conyers is the one who called for the investigation of Perle. Shall I name more enemies of this country who are lining up against Perle? WTF are you doing aligned with them?
Life is real simple, isn't it.
..."the UN and the socialist nations that he considers allies will never agree to such action. This is not just a disagreement in execution. It is a disagreement of principle and strategy."
You're right. Kerry is basically submitting the authority of the U.S. to the U.N.
Once he said the word "unilateral" I knew he was a poser/follower. Guess he doesn't know that "unilateral" is an invective contrived to mean "not in agreement with France/EU"
Those crazy free trade treaties Bush got, and is seeking, are not "unilateral".
Hey Frannie. You're one smart conservative...
As usual, just a thought.
...and very understated too. I would say that the use of the liberal coined words neocon and paleocon -- makes my skin crawl.
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