Neocons Not Welcomed Into New Trump Team
I have long thought that guys like Leo Strauss and Norman Podhoretz are interesting writers, and I would certainly enjoy having conversations with them. However, the trouble with so-called “Neoconservatives” is their extremely naive assumption that the United States government and military have the power to remake foreign countries in the U.S. image.
As the greatest conservative philosopher, Edmund Burke, pointed out, humans are creatures of custom and habit, and the society and culture of any given place is formed over centuries. It is erroneous for men occupying positions of power to believe that they can radically change a nation to conform with their notions of what is best for it. This is why Podhoretz was dead wrong about the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, which he strongly advocated. I knew the project would fail.
Neoconservatives invoke the examples of Germany and Japan following World War II, but these were extremely organized societ
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