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To: JohnM who wrote (36162)	8/8/2002 1:22:28 PM
From: tekboy	Respond to of 281500

Perhaps Tek would like to comment on this analysis. in general I agree with you, but I'd add one factor that I doubt you'd like, which is that events have not been particularly kind to the more extreme left's past views and advice, which is a reason why their role in the debate has declined over the last twenty years. IMO, since the middle Clinton years the Democratic foreign policy types have been split into two camps, the pragmatic centrist technocrats and the political hacks; there really isn't a substantial "left" wing any more, at least not one that's taken very seriously by the mainstream. That's not the case on the Republican side of the aisle, however, where you still have a three-sided battle: the centrist technocrats (e.g., Powell instead of, say, Bill Perry), the political hacks (e.g., Rove instead of Morris), and the hard-line ideologues (e.g., Wolfowitz, Perle, etc.). tb@blahblahcatchingupblahblah.com