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The Term 'Neocon' has Run its Course
Jonah Goldberg.
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nObama Has His Sights Set
On THIS Position In 2016… This Is Scarey
conservativetribune
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{conservativetribune.com} ~ It’s been a rough seven years, but we’ve somehow muddled through as a country... Now, as 2016 is finally here, we all thought we wouldn’t have President Barack nObama to kick around any more. Well, if a report out of The Jerusalem Post is any indication, that may not be the case. No, nObama isn’t going to suspend the Constitution and run for a third term. He may be doing something even worse. According to the report, which was translated from Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida, nObama wants to replace United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon when the South Korean’s term is complete at the end of this year..
Forensic Profiler:
nObama accepts ISIS attacks
BOB UNRUH.
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{wnd.com} ~ President nObama, despite his promises the U.S. “will not relent in the ISIS campaign” and his assurance that the world would not accept extremists’ attacks, such as that in Paris, actually is saying he is doing nothing of real consequence, “In fact, accepting the ISIS attacks as normal.”... “Indeed, he has constructed a new normal by failing to protect America, a stance which he has totally rationalized. In fact, he remains totally submissive to ISIS.” The new comments come from Andrew G. Hodges, M.D., He explains that nObama is confessing to enabling ISIS. “America’s current president is leading us ever so certainly into a worsening crisis that will encourage future attacks by ISIS. In order to learn why, we must appreciate two basic subconscious mechanisms – denial and projection – and Barack nObama’s own unconscious mind will take us to the heart of who he is and reveal his deepest motivations regarding the Islamic State.” http://www.wnd.com/2016/01/forensic-profiler-obama-accepts-isis-attacks/.
House Foreign Affairs Chair Royce
Critical of U.S. Policy Toward Iran
John Grady
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Rep. Ed Royce
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Germany Just Can't Get It Right
Douglas Murray
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Russia Suspected to be
Behind Cyberattack on Ukrainian Power Grid
Kerry Lear
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13 Hours: The Secret
Soldiers of Benghazi Featurette
NICEDEB.
{nicedeb.wordpress.com} ~ The long awaited film, directed by Michael Bay, stars John Krasinski, Max Martini, and Toby Stevens, tells the real story of what happened in Benghazi. It’s the story the nObama Regime doesn’t want you to know, and Democrats continue to contest... The following is a “featurette” on the actual heroes who fought to save the lives of their fellow citizens on 9/11/2012 in Benghazi, Libya against overwhelming forces. It recounts what was most important to them as they headed into battle – their faith, and a belief in doing the right thing. It’s a story that somehow got missed amidst the nObama administration’s lies, corruption and scandal. https://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/13-hours-the-secret-soldiers-of-benghazi-featurette-michael-bay-as-director/.
Judge Pirro Goes After
Pandering Pro-Islamic Mayor For Idiocy...
Rick Wells.
Video at the site...
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HIlly gives lame excuse
for email instructing adviser to ignore security
Jeff Dunetz
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{lidblog.com} ~ Emails released this past Friday morning showed Hilly Clinton instructing a State Department employee to ignore the rules about secrecy, telling him to remove the heading which marked the fax as confidential and email it as if it wasn’t secure... Specifically she said, “If they can’t, turn into nonpaper w no identifying heading and send nonsecure,” Hilly appeared on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” on Sunday, and stumbled when trying to defend her cavalier attitude toward email security when pressed by host John Dickerson. Clinton’s defense was that there is no proof that the information she requested was ever actually sent which was true, but that still ignores the fact that she instructed her adviser to ignore security rules. The email in question provides the clearest evidence yet of Clinton’s disregard for national security and protecting intelligence. The woman who wants to be in charge of all the U.S. secrets not only knew how to bypass government security measures but she ordered others to do so.
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The 21st Century
“Peace Through Strength” Mandate
Lt. Col. (Retired) Allen West
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FBI Probe Into Clinton
Emails Expanded To Look Into
Clinton Foundation Malfeasance
NICEDEB.
{nicedeb.wordpress.com} ~ Washington insiders have long maintained that the biggest scandal of Hilly Clinton’s scandal-prone political career, is not EmailGate, but the Clinton Foundation’s sketchy fundraising practices... Now the FBI investigation into Hilly Clinton’s emails, has been expanded to probe the apparent “intersection” of Clinton Foundation work and State Department business to see if it violated public corruption laws, Fox News reported this morning. Three intelligence sources not authorized to speak on the record told Fox News that the “new investigative track is in addition to the focus on classified material found on Clinton’s personal server.”.
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The Term 'Neocon' has Run its Course
Jonah Goldberg.
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Every time we topple a dictator, Cruz argues, we end up helping terrorists or extremists.
Every time we topple a dictator, Cruz argues, we end up helping terrorists or extremists.
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He has a point. But what interests me is his use of the word "neocon." What does he really mean?
He has a point. But what interests me is his use of the word "neocon." What does he really mean?
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Some see dark intentions. "He knows that the term in the usual far-left and far-right parlance means warmonger, if not warmongering Jewish advisers, so it is not something he should've done," former George W. Bush advisor Elliott Abrams told National Review. Another former Bush adviser calls the term "a dog whistle."
Some see dark intentions. "He knows that the term in the usual far-left and far-right parlance means warmonger, if not warmongering Jewish advisers, so it is not something he should've done," former George W. Bush advisor Elliott Abrams told National Review. Another former Bush adviser calls the term "a dog whistle."
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I think that's all a bit overblown. Cruz is just trying to criticize his opponent Marco Rubio, who supported regime change in Libya. There's little daylight between the two presidential contenders on foreign policy, and this gives Cruz an opening for attack.
I think that's all a bit overblown. Cruz is just trying to criticize his opponent Marco Rubio, who supported regime change in Libya. There's little daylight between the two presidential contenders on foreign policy, and this gives Cruz an opening for attack.
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But Abrams is right -- and Cruz surely knows -- that for many people "neocon" has become code for suspiciously Hebraic super-hawk. It's an absurd distortion.
But Abrams is right -- and Cruz surely knows -- that for many people "neocon" has become code for suspiciously Hebraic super-hawk. It's an absurd distortion.
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At first, neocons weren't particularly associated with foreign policy. They were intellectuals disillusioned by the folly of the Great Society. As Irving Kristol famously put it, a "neoconservative is a liberal who was mugged by reality and wants to press charges." The Public Interest, the first neoconservative publication, co-edited by Kristol, was a wonkish domestic policy journal.
At first, neocons weren't particularly associated with foreign policy. They were intellectuals disillusioned by the folly of the Great Society. As Irving Kristol famously put it, a "neoconservative is a liberal who was mugged by reality and wants to press charges." The Public Interest, the first neoconservative publication, co-edited by Kristol, was a wonkish domestic policy journal.
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Kristol later argued that neoconservatism was not an ideology but a "persuasion." William F. Buckley, the avatar of supposedly authentic traditional conservatism, agreed. The neocons, he explained, brought the new language of sociology to an intellectual tradition that had been grounded more in Aristotelian thinking.
Kristol later argued that neoconservatism was not an ideology but a "persuasion." William F. Buckley, the avatar of supposedly authentic traditional conservatism, agreed. The neocons, he explained, brought the new language of sociology to an intellectual tradition that had been grounded more in Aristotelian thinking.
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The neocon belief in democracy promotion grew out of disgust with Richard Nixon's détente and Jimmy Carter's fecklessness, but it hardly amounted to knee-jerk interventionism. When Jeane Kirkpatrick articulated a theory of neoconservative foreign policy in Commentary magazine in 1979, she cautioned that it was unwise to demand rapid liberalization in autocratic countries, and that gradual change was a more realistic goal than immediate transformation.
The neocon belief in democracy promotion grew out of disgust with Richard Nixon's détente and Jimmy Carter's fecklessness, but it hardly amounted to knee-jerk interventionism. When Jeane Kirkpatrick articulated a theory of neoconservative foreign policy in Commentary magazine in 1979, she cautioned that it was unwise to demand rapid liberalization in autocratic countries, and that gradual change was a more realistic goal than immediate transformation.
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During the Cold War, neocons weren't any more hawkish than anyone else on the right. They were advocating containment of the Soviet Union while National Review conservatives were demanding "rollback" and Barry Goldwater was talking about nuking the Kremlin.
During the Cold War, neocons weren't any more hawkish than anyone else on the right. They were advocating containment of the Soviet Union while National Review conservatives were demanding "rollback" and Barry Goldwater was talking about nuking the Kremlin.
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Even through the late 1990s, neocons were far from outliers in their belief that the United States should use its military power to support democracies abroad. Many members of both parties held that view. Remember, it was Bill Clinton who in 1998 signed the Iraq Liberation Act calling for regime change.
Even through the late 1990s, neocons were far from outliers in their belief that the United States should use its military power to support democracies abroad. Many members of both parties held that view. Remember, it was Bill Clinton who in 1998 signed the Iraq Liberation Act calling for regime change.
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After 9/11, some neoconservative intellectuals had off-the-shelf foreign policy ready for George W. Bush -- which, yes, was hawkish in nature, but other Republicans and even Democrats supported their prescriptions, at least at first. As the Iraq War went south, the neocons were the only ones left defending it, and so got all of the blame.
After 9/11, some neoconservative intellectuals had off-the-shelf foreign policy ready for George W. Bush -- which, yes, was hawkish in nature, but other Republicans and even Democrats supported their prescriptions, at least at first. As the Iraq War went south, the neocons were the only ones left defending it, and so got all of the blame.
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The association between neoconservatism and Jews stems partly from the fact that the first neocons were mostly Jewish, partly from the reality that they are all to this day -- gentiles included -- pro-Israel. That's not particularly remarkable, though, since neocons want to help America's democratic allies everywhere and since most Christian conservatives are pro-Israel, too.
The association between neoconservatism and Jews stems partly from the fact that the first neocons were mostly Jewish, partly from the reality that they are all to this day -- gentiles included -- pro-Israel. That's not particularly remarkable, though, since neocons want to help America's democratic allies everywhere and since most Christian conservatives are pro-Israel, too.
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Today the neocon sociological persuasion is simply part of the conservative mainstream. The idea that self-identified neocons are uniformly more "pro-war" than other conservatives is ludicrous.
Today the neocon sociological persuasion is simply part of the conservative mainstream. The idea that self-identified neocons are uniformly more "pro-war" than other conservatives is ludicrous.
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Granted, neoconservatives contribute to the confusion. They like to claim that the alternative to their approach amounts to "isolationism" -- another horribly misused word. Rubio recently leveled that charge at Cruz.
Granted, neoconservatives contribute to the confusion. They like to claim that the alternative to their approach amounts to "isolationism" -- another horribly misused word. Rubio recently leveled that charge at Cruz.
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Cruz, for his part, says he wants to "carpet-bomb ISIS" until the "sand glows." There are many criticisms one can level at the position, but isolationist isn't one of them.
Cruz, for his part, says he wants to "carpet-bomb ISIS" until the "sand glows." There are many criticisms one can level at the position, but isolationist isn't one of them.
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Neoconservatism is a product of the Cold War. It's understandable that neoconservative intellectuals who helped win the Cold War might want to hold onto the label, but it's time to give it a comfortable retirement in the history books.
Neoconservatism is a product of the Cold War. It's understandable that neoconservative intellectuals who helped win the Cold War might want to hold onto the label, but it's time to give it a comfortable retirement in the history books.
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Meanwhile, the right is having a long overdue, and valuable, argument about how to conduct foreign policy. Keep it going, just leave neoconservatism out of it.
Meanwhile, the right is having a long overdue, and valuable, argument about how to conduct foreign policy. Keep it going, just leave neoconservatism out of it.
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