Comments on: Realist Republican Relics http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/realist_republican_relics/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:17:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Barry http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/realist_republican_relics/comment-page-1/#comment-300318 Barry Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:20:15 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/03/realist_republican_relics/#comment-300318 "Neo-cons have their ideas and the realpolitik people have different ones. Don’t families squabble from time to time?" And the neo-cons had their way (to the extent that any one faction gets their way). The result is a disaster. I don't know about your family, but I count as 'disfunctional' the family who hasn't realized that Uncles Joe, Jeff and Jim are stark staring mad, even after they gave pretty good proof. "Neo-cons have their ideas and the realpolitik people have different ones. Don’t families squabble from time to time?"

And the neo-cons had their way (to the extent that any one faction gets their way). The result is a disaster. I don't know about your family, but I count as 'disfunctional' the family who hasn't realized that Uncles Joe, Jeff and Jim are stark staring mad, even after they gave pretty good proof.

]]> By: Steven Taylor http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/realist_republican_relics/comment-page-1/#comment-299479 Steven Taylor Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:32:04 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/03/realist_republican_relics/#comment-299479 I am to the point where I am not sure what "conservative" means to a lot of people these days to the point where I am not wholly comfortable anymore with being called one any longer--and on balance I don't think that my views have changed all that much in the last several years. Although I will confess to having some of views becoming more libertarian as a result of certain actions of the Bush administration (which I initially supported, to my chagrin). I am to the point where I am not sure what "conservative" means to a lot of people these days to the point where I am not wholly comfortable anymore with being called one any longer--and on balance I don't think that my views have changed all that much in the last several years. Although I will confess to having some of views becoming more libertarian as a result of certain actions of the Bush administration (which I initially supported, to my chagrin).

]]> By: Steve Plunk http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/realist_republican_relics/comment-page-1/#comment-299382 Steve Plunk Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:09:59 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/03/realist_republican_relics/#comment-299382 To borrow a phrase it "befuddles" me that people still don't understand pre-9/11 statements are essentially null and void in a post-9/11 world. The dynamics have changed in so many ways. Those new complications are part of why the Republican party is working out what are the best foreign policy strategies. Neo-cons have their ideas and the realpolitik people have different ones. Don't families squabble from time to time? To borrow a phrase it "befuddles" me that people still don't understand pre-9/11 statements are essentially null and void in a post-9/11 world. The dynamics have changed in so many ways.

Those new complications are part of why the Republican party is working out what are the best foreign policy strategies. Neo-cons have their ideas and the realpolitik people have different ones. Don't families squabble from time to time?

]]> By: Barry http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/realist_republican_relics/comment-page-1/#comment-299307 Barry Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:01:28 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/03/realist_republican_relics/#comment-299307 It's amazing to me that, after this war, and after employing such 'scholars' as Kevin Hassett, Charles Murray, Paul Wolfowits, Lynne Cheney, John Yoo, and a long, long list of neo-con scum, that membership at AEI isn't an automatic disqualification for attendance at any real sholarly conference. To me, it'd be like seeing Discovery Institute or Answers in Genesis people at a biology conference. It's amazing to me that, after this war, and after employing such 'scholars' as Kevin Hassett, Charles Murray, Paul Wolfowits, Lynne Cheney, John Yoo, and a long, long list of neo-con scum, that membership at AEI isn't an automatic disqualification for attendance at any real sholarly conference. To me, it'd be like seeing Discovery Institute or Answers in Genesis people at a biology conference.

]]> By: DC Loser http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/realist_republican_relics/comment-page-1/#comment-299295 DC Loser Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:37:23 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/03/realist_republican_relics/#comment-299295 Heh, that's pretty funny for Pletka not to have heard of Drezner. But then she probably only communicates amongst the Kool-Aid drinkers at AEI and maybe Bill Kristol. Heh, that's pretty funny for Pletka not to have heard of Drezner. But then she probably only communicates amongst the Kool-Aid drinkers at AEI and maybe Bill Kristol.

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