[Ohioan]

What 'movement'? The movement to hide our heads in the sand and pretend what goes on in the rest of the world doesn't affect us? The movement to ignore what's going on around us and it will just go away?

The Neocon movement does not advocate hiding heads in the sand; rather it advocates half-baked policies, served up by the intellectually underdone: The metaphoric "bull in a china closet" approach to policy. They do not advocate ignoring what is going on around us. They just tend to deal with it with a half-cocked mixture of hubris and hysteria. (For example, attempting to equate the threat from Al Qaeda with that from Soviet Russia, or Socialist Germany, or Imperial Japan; while suggesting that they have magic formulae for solving the current problem.)

But the fact that they are a bit hair-brained is not why Conservatives pay them much heed. It is the fact that they seek to reverse the American emphasis on personal freedom and limited Government at home, while violating established principles, not only of the sound foreign policy that worked, but of the long recognized Law of Nations. (Such as their embracing the idea of a revival of the Dean Rusk foreign policy from the 1960s--albeit without acknowledging Mr. Rusk--by seeking to promote a bogus view of American values, overseas.)

But enough of this silly exchange. Unless you have some particular point in my essay, that you actually want to discuss, rather than hurling airborne insults, you are simply wasting time and bandwith.

[MEGoody]

Ah, I presumed you were refering to the 'movement' that Ron Paul is the hero of at the moment. That is the movement that sticks its head in the sand and tries to pretend the rest of the world isn't there. (Or at least, that's what I'm getting from Freepers that are Paul supporters.)

you are simply wasting time and bandwith.

Obviously, I am. It's already been made clear to me that Ron Paul is not one I would ever support, so I won't waste our time any further.

Have a nice day.