tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post9030528187605668855..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Eulogy for Neo-conservatismHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-6638337307063292372015-12-05T00:58:18.034-05:002015-12-05T00:58:18.034-05:00For the record:
1. Explanation (link) of the law a...For the record:<br />1. <a href="http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2014/05/operation-iraqi-freedom-faq.html" rel="nofollow">Explanation</a> (link) of the <b>law and policy, fact basis</b> for Operation Iraqi Freedom.<br />2. <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/277115/saddam-what-we-now-know-jim-lacey" rel="nofollow">Saddam: What We Now Know</a> (link) by Jim Lacey* draws from the Iraq Survey Group (re WMD) and Iraqi Perspectives Project (re terrorism). * Dr. Lacey was a researcher and author for the <a href="http://fas.org/irp/eprint/iraqi/" rel="nofollow">Iraqi Perspectives Project</a> (link).<br />3. <a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2010/sc10118.doc.htm" rel="nofollow">UN Recognizes 'Major Changes' In Iraq</a> (link) by VP Joe Biden on behalf of the UN Security Council.<br />4. <a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/withdrawal-symptoms" rel="nofollow">Withdrawal Symptoms: The Bungling of the Iraq Exit</a> (link) by OIF senior advisor Rick Brennan.<br />5. <a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/obama-iraq-116708_full.html#.VTb5WLt0x0s" rel="nofollow">How Obama Abandoned Democracy in Iraq</a> (link) by OIF official and senior advisor Emma Sky.Erichttp://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2014/05/operation-iraqi-freedom-faq.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-64549989083983273202008-10-15T22:25:00.000-04:002008-10-15T22:25:00.000-04:00ARABISM = RACISMThe global virus of racist Arabism...<A HREF="http://therealityshow.blogtownhall.com/2008/09/28/arabism_=_racism!.thtml" REL="nofollow">ARABISM = RACISM</A><BR/><BR/>The global virus of racist Arabism has claimed/claims millions of victims, it includes:<BR/><BR/>Kurds (under Saddam or Syria), Berbers, Jews (inside Israel - the genocide campaign since the massacre in 1929 by the Mufti Haj Amin Al Husseini until today, or in the Arab world or on 'Arab street' in Europe, etc.), Africans (genocide in Sudan, oppression in Egypt, Slavery in Mauritania, etc.)...The Reality Showhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204619841793324620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-76578157323133059092008-06-25T16:10:00.000-04:002008-06-25T16:10:00.000-04:00Hi Tom,I thought you'd be interested in this essay...Hi Tom,<BR/><BR/>I thought you'd be interested in <A HREF="http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/2008%20-%20Spring/full-neocon.html" REL="nofollow">this essay</A> by Robert Kagan in the latest <I>World Affairs</I>.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-23193138810786974362008-06-18T15:37:00.000-04:002008-06-18T15:37:00.000-04:00Hey, I was a neo-conservative in college. Then I ...Hey, I was a neo-conservative in college. Then I realized I just didn't have a bad enough opinion of other people to keep it up.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-53810837920044134212008-06-12T22:45:00.000-04:002008-06-12T22:45:00.000-04:00As Michael Medved noted recently, nobody calls him...As Michael Medved noted recently, nobody calls himself a "neo-conservative" anymore. What Ronald Reagan did making "liberal" a dirty word has been doubled for "neo-con."<BR/><BR/>[Funny thing is, neos are more liberal than paleos.]<BR/><BR/>So, I'm a liberal, as least as far as Edmund Burke was, and you confess that you're in the neighborhood, too, James. The coming election will not permit us common ground, but perhaps in December we can start over.<BR/><BR/>[And yes, Edmund Burke as neo-conservative is a radical interpretation. You caught me, hehe.]Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-88161932120758362702008-06-10T16:50:00.000-04:002008-06-10T16:50:00.000-04:00Burke as the original neo-conservative? How... pr...Burke as the original neo-conservative? How... provocative. Well, you'll be sure to have Andrew Sullivan spinning his wheels!<BR/><BR/>I actually think a large part of the neo-conservative domestic agenda, as originally expressed by the likes of Irving Kristol and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, may just live on in thinkers like Reihan Salam and Ross Douthat.<BR/><BR/>And I don't think we've seen the last of the Platonic neo-imperialism of their foreign affairs agenda, either. It's the sort of thinking that liberal interventionists can hold their noses and work alongside with.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com