Neocons ahoy! | 25 comments (25 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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My problem with Kerry was that, had he won, he would have simply replaced a puppet of neocon hawks with a liberal hawk, but hawk he would have remained. The "liberal" would have given everyone an unjustified sense of relief.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 16th, 2005 at 06:14:14 AM EST
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Yes, but he might have been a competent hawk rather than an entirely deluded one.

We don't expect the US to be nice, but faintly sane would be good. At least Kerry might have acted in what he saw as the US national interest. I don't think you can say that about the neocons.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 16th, 2005 at 09:46:13 AM EST
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Kerry would have been better than Bush for the US national interest, but if you believe it is a good thing that the web of international relations supporting the US imperium is unraveling, Kerry would have been worse geopolitically.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 16th, 2005 at 10:31:07 AM EST
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Neocons ahoy! | 25 comments (25 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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