Friday, December 18, 2015

Ouch................................


Spengler, an ex-neocon himself, disses the "neocons"................

Every ideology has a use-by date and you're long past yours. Henry Kissinger did great service to this country by opening relations to China, a necessary if not sufficient condition for winning the Cold War. But Kissinger couldn't see past the dull calculus of detente, while Reagan foresaw unconditional American victory over Communism--and without you neocons, he never could have done it. You made a Gargantuan error, though, when you assumed that the Reagan Revolution could be exported to the Middle East, Russia and China, and you misplayed the strongest hand that any world power ever held. America went from only-hyperpower status when George W. Bush took office to a playing second fiddle to Vladimir Putin today.

Full essay here.

1 comment:

  1. I love essays I can agree with, and those that have the potential of wiping that shit-eating grin off of "Bill" Kristol. E.

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