Ideology has consequences
The American Conservative
by Jeffrey Hart
"Eisenhower, a thoroughgoing realist, was one of the most successful presidents of the 20th century. So was the prudential Reagan, wary of using military force. Nixon would have been a good secretary of state, but emotionally wounded and suspicious, he was not suited to the presidency. Yet he, too, with Henry Kissinger, was a realist. George W. Bush represents a huge swing away from such traditional conservative Republicanism. But the conservative movement in America has followed him, evacuating prudence and realism for ideology and folly... (for publication 11/20/06)
http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_11_20/article.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Jeffrey Hart
"Eisenhower, a thoroughgoing realist, was one of the most successful presidents of the 20th century. So was the prudential Reagan, wary of using military force. Nixon would have been a good secretary of state, but emotionally wounded and suspicious, he was not suited to the presidency. Yet he, too, with Henry Kissinger, was a realist. George W. Bush represents a huge swing away from such traditional conservative Republicanism. But the conservative movement in America has followed him, evacuating prudence and realism for ideology and folly... (for publication 11/20/06)
http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_11_20/article.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 15. Nov, 16:50
