| I happen to agree. I think in their search for moral clarity the Neocons have generalized things to the point of insanity. I prefer a more ambiguous foreign policy, that can accept that even "evil" opponents can be reasoned with, but (beyond Kissinger, who was willing to do things I am not) also that "evil", if it really is "evil" can be fought internationally, and legally. IMO where the Neocons, and the old conservatives break down, is this notion that one country can or should define what is evil (and act against that "evil" either in public or private). No one country should have that power- because power corrupts, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. That is what we see in international policy at the moment (imo) the absolute corruption of the American position. I will continue to hope that with a change of administration, we can somehow work ourselves back into the fold of all nations, and from that place, make decisions about "evil" regimes in the context of some international body, that will not be totally swayed by the opinion of only one country. |
