fund your own charities and fight your own wars for oil and israel. your'e either a peaceful person or on the other side.
Neoconservative foreign policy is a descendant of so-called Wilsonian idealism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism_(international_relations)>. Neoconservatives endorsedemocracy promotion<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_promotion> by the U.S. and other democracies, based on the claim that they think that human rights belong to everyone. On domestic policy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_policy>, they endorse a welfare state <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state>, like European and Canadian conservatives and unlike American conservatives<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States> . Democracy promotion <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_promotion> is allegedly derived from a belief that freedom is a universal human right<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_right> and by opinion polls showing majority support for democracy in countries with authoritarian regimes. Democracy promotion is said to have another benefit, in that democracy and responsive government are expected to reduce the appeal ofIslamism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism>. Neoconservatives have cited political scientists[*citation needed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed> *] who have argued that democratic regimes are less likely to start wars. Further, they argue that the lack of freedoms, lack of economic opportunities, and the lack of secular general education in authoritarian regimes promotes radicalism and extremism. Consequently, neoconservatives advocate democracy promotion to regions of the world where it currently does not prevail, notably the Arab nations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_world> , Iran <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran>, communist China and North Korea<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea> . During July 2008 Joe Klein <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Klein> wrote in TIME <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIME> magazine that today's neoconservatives are more interested in confronting enemies than in cultivating friends. He questioned the sincerity of neoconservative interest in exporting democracy and freedom, saying, *"Neoconservatism in foreign policy is best described as unilateral bellicosity cloaked in the utopian rhetoric of freedom and democracy."*[72]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism#cite_note-72> During February 2009 Andrew Sullivan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan> wrote he no longer took neoconservatism seriously because its basic tenet was defense of Israel:[73]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism#cite_note-73> The closer you examine it, the clearer it is that neoconservatism, in large part, is simply about enabling the most irredentist elements in Israel and sustaining a permanent war against anyone or any country who disagrees with the Israeli right. That's the conclusion I've been forced to these last few years. And to insist that America adopt exactly the same constant-war-as-survival that Israelis have been slowly forced into... But America is not Israel. And once that distinction is made, much of the neoconservative ideology collapses. On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:53:29 AM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: > > You can't be a compassionate human if you turn a blind eye to the > atrocities going on around the world. > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:16 AM, plainolamerican > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I too am a big fan of Ron and Rand Paul. >> --- >> you can't be a Ron or Rand Paul fan and support US intervention in the >> middle east. >> >> On Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:15:59 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >>> I too am a big fan of Ron and Rand Paul. Unlike Assange, I am an >>> American citizen, and do not believe in treasonous actions against my >>> homeland. Unlike Rand and Ron Paul, Assange is a treacherous bastard, >>> and both Rand and Ron Paul, even though branding both Snowden and Assange >>> the "Messenger" or a "civil disobediant" I would surmise also believes >>> that in the case of Snowden, he's a traitor. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- >>>> >>>> >>>> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/**politics/2013/08/julian-** >>>> assange-backs-ron-and-rand-**paul/<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/08/julian-assange-backs-ron-and-rand-paul/> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>> For options & help see >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/PoliticalForum<http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum> >>>> >>>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>>> * It's active and moderated. 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