tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post114068520478883612..comments2023-11-03T08:40:33.012+00:00Comments on Forceful and Moderate: Neo-conservatives get the plot... slowly...Femme de Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1140712844309317792006-02-23T16:40:00.000+00:002006-02-23T16:40:00.000+00:00for future reference - LibertyCat is a boy cat not...<I>for future reference - LibertyCat is a boy cat not a lady cat.</I><BR/><BR/>Ah. Well spotted. In my defence, you don't look like a boy cat.<BR/><BR/>As for hypocrisy, I'd point out the comment piece by David Hirst in today's Grauniad which basically argues that the US idea of spreading democracy in the Middle East has rebounded on them, because it's produced ruling parties like Hamas. Fair Mr Eugenideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555302880124512593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1140710823760325172006-02-23T16:07:00.000+00:002006-02-23T16:07:00.000+00:00I'm not sure about the need to be seen NOT to be h...<I>I'm not sure about the need to be seen NOT to be hypocritical. There will always be naysaying domestic critics and enemies overseas who will claim we are being hypocritical</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, but it helps when they don't have a point<BR/><BR/>Mr Eugenides - I will move you into the <I>'libertarian'</I> section, although for future reference - LibertyCat is a boy cat not a lady cat.Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1140710688156731422006-02-23T16:04:00.000+00:002006-02-23T16:04:00.000+00:00I'm not sure about the need to be seen NOT to be h...I'm not sure about the need to be seen NOT to be hypocritical. There will always be naysaying domestic critics and enemies overseas who will claim we are being hypocritical. I'm not bothered about charges of hypocrisy; I'm more bothered that a fear of charges of hypocrisy will stop us from doing the right thing.<BR/><BR/>Or put another way, we can't solve all of the worlds problems at once; but numix1977https://www.blogger.com/profile/03857333723878055509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1140707483936640212006-02-23T15:11:00.000+00:002006-02-23T15:11:00.000+00:00Hello ladies,I'm probably more of a libertarian th...Hello ladies,<BR/><BR/>I'm probably more of a libertarian than anything else, but I like to keep my options open with a good "string 'em all up" rant now and again. No-one ever said bloggers had to be consistent... <BR/><BR/>Like Fukuyama I'm generally sympathetic to the "project", but not stupid enough to hold to a blind, blinkered faith that says that raw power is always better than diplomacy, Mr Eugenideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555302880124512593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1140689344142597492006-02-23T10:09:00.000+00:002006-02-23T10:09:00.000+00:00"democracy was [not] a default condition to which ...<I>"democracy was [not] a default condition to which societies reverted once coercive regime change occurred [but] rather... a long-term process of institution-building and reform."</I><BR/><BR/>Right. I think the US is projecting its own history on the rest of the world. A somewhat mythical history of escaping English tyranny and finding freedom. Revolutions are expected to be beneficial.<BR/><Joe Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380362092159905533noreply@blogger.com