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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (87754)	3/29/2003 4:20:26 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I assumed we were discussing Wilson with the purpose of applying it to current times... Absolutely. You jumped into an argument as to whether and to what degree one might term the foreign policy statements of the neoconservatives in the Bush administration as Wilsonian. That was an argument put forward by Fareed Zakaria in a Newsweek essay of a few issues back. When I read it, it made a great deal of sense. As it did to others on this thread. But as I reflect more about it, one element seems now not to apply: the imposition of democracy by force. And that's what started this conversation between you and I. I gather now we've reached a conclusion. It is not, as of these last posts to one another, an element of Wilsonian doctrine to impose democracy by force. 90% good conversation. Which is better than most on FADG these days.