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To: unspun
Very, very few people have decided to call themselves "neoconservative," compared to those who are call that by liberals and isolationist libertarians.

There is a lot of confusion, implicit as well as explicit in your statement.

How you claim to have an accurate picture of the numbers, who actually embrace a label, that those who have defined a complex of policies have adopted, I can only wonder at. But what is the point? The attack is on a complex of beliefs; and what is relevant is to understand those beliefs, and determine whether or not they represent something that may be rationally maintained or not--and, of course, whether they are something the rest of us want to support. Counting noses as to a label is an exercise in absolute folly, in my opinion.

But where you really go out on a limb, is to gratuitously insult those who disagree with the "Neocon" position. If you think you can defend it, be my guest. But do not suggest that the opposition, from those of us who support traditional American Conservative and Libertarian values, is isolationist, etc.. That is not true now, and never was true. I would suggest that you read Washington's Farewell Address; that you read some of Jefferson's writings on foreign policy, and our relations to other nations. You will soon realize that isolation was the furthest thing in the world from their intentions.

For more, see An American Foreign Policy. Or check out the little debate we "arranged," George Washington Debates George W. Bush.

William Flax

166 posted on 05/29/2007 6:05:56 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Ohioan
1. I’ve sees virtually no one using the term “neoconservative” for himself in years.

2. Think of George Washington waking up today and finding that the Atlantic Ocean is now just a river that one can throw a coin across.

167 posted on 05/30/2007 12:38:09 PM PDT by unspun (What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
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