tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post7163042192698217798..comments2024-03-28T03:00:07.229-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Time to Throw the Neocons OverboardLes Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-50668672239036733302010-09-10T13:21:59.278-04:002010-09-10T13:21:59.278-04:00Arthur - Afghanistan after 911 was necessary in my...Arthur - Afghanistan after 911 was necessary in my opinion.<br /><br />Iraq was not.<br /><br />Currently Afghanistan is questionable.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-82507073264631914172010-09-10T13:15:49.262-04:002010-09-10T13:15:49.262-04:00Perhaps you are right TAO.Perhaps you are right TAO.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-67547047174477600872010-09-10T13:02:28.398-04:002010-09-10T13:02:28.398-04:00What's to gloat about?
Iraq is a tragedy. Afg...What's to gloat about?<br /><br />Iraq is a tragedy. Afghanistan is a tragedy.<br /><br />As has far too frequently happened during the history of the US a complacent, distracted electorate was hoodwinked by warmongers and empire builders.Arthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-52960692852177553232010-09-10T07:12:14.562-04:002010-09-10T07:12:14.562-04:00John Bolton just announced he is running for Presi...John Bolton just announced he is running for President in 2012...<br /><br />It seems that he is concerned that people are not taking neo conservatives seriously...<br /><br />Looks to me like cleaning the republican party of neocons is going to a little harder than you think...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-299131330432031072010-09-10T02:17:27.333-04:002010-09-10T02:17:27.333-04:00Silverfiddle - A great post. These are things cons...Silverfiddle - A great post. These are things conservatives need to recognize, and most assuredly seperate themselves from the neo-cons.<br /><br />History will ultimately be the judge of the success or lack therof with repect to Iraq.<br /><br />I am not sure what we accomplished. Taking out Saddam destabilized the region. The Shite malority that is more radical than the Sunni minority will rise to greater power, we are witnessing a resurgent Iran (Sadam acted as a moderating force in the region), and when we are really gone...well, we'll be gone.<br /><br />It remains to be seen what the long term effects of our invasion of Iraq will be. Unintended consequences I fear.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-14613108493018108862010-09-09T22:42:18.233-04:002010-09-09T22:42:18.233-04:00In 1998 I was fighting in the Balkans, so I was to...In 1998 I was fighting in the Balkans, so I was too busy to write this.<br /><br />A conservative like me woke up. Thanks for not gloating too much.<br /><br />Yes Arthur, it's me. We exchanged a e-mails a few months back...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-21512933090056116252010-09-09T18:14:17.984-04:002010-09-09T18:14:17.984-04:00The title of this piece might have resonated just ...The title of this piece might have resonated just a bit more if you'd typed it 10 or 12 years ago. <br /><br />It wasn't impossible then to imagine the PNAC crowd was going to bring a heap o' woe on our heads if their fantasies were indulged.<br /><br />But, as they say and as is even sometimes true, better late than never Les.Arthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-60000903395484497282010-09-09T13:00:43.086-04:002010-09-09T13:00:43.086-04:00Agree. Its an altruist foreign policy and needs to...Agree. Its an altruist foreign policy and needs to go. <br /><br />Yaron Brook contributed a chapter on foreign policy to Thompson's Neoconservatism: An Obituary. He's got a lecture here: http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/audio/2006-03-14-just-war-theory.aspShane Atwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268148003641995554noreply@blogger.com