tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post356944654058902285..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: Response to "The Neo-Cons Won"Jim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-46668419188258925342011-05-16T11:05:07.370-04:002011-05-16T11:05:07.370-04:00Jim,
I was going to thank you for expanding on yo...Jim, <br />I was going to thank you for expanding on your thoughts in response to my comment when Blogger flipped out. Just a couple additional thoughts:<br />I think the idea of Bin Laden as an active threat may have been a stronger justification for unilateral action than the idea of justice for past crimes. I wonder if the distortion of what constitutes a "clear and present danger" in the invasion of Iraq explains why Obama felt the need to emphasize the justice angle. Was he afraid of sounding like a neo-con by talking too much about self-defense even if he had a more legit case to make? I'm still not totally convinced that the neo-cons have "won", but they've certainly changed the climate in which foreign policy decisions are made and talked about.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883174900549292499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-18075790044069170572011-05-14T23:15:11.755-04:002011-05-14T23:15:11.755-04:00Perhaps. Hard for me to know, being right in the m...Perhaps. Hard for me to know, being right in the middle of it. '<br /><br />Weird being both Jewish ("Chosen People", yadda yadda) and America (exceptionalism). I actually feel pretty damn prosaic, strangely enough.Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-78875180527572691392011-05-14T12:08:43.989-04:002011-05-14T12:08:43.989-04:00Right from the beginning, America was founded on t...Right from the beginning, America was founded on the very idea of exceptionalism, no? This is why it's so ingrained in the culture. See for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_upon_a_HillGhalib Suleimanhttp://ghalib.menoreply@blogger.com