Comments on: Giuliani’s Foreign Policy http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/09/12/giulianis-foreign-policy/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patrick Mulligan http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/09/12/giulianis-foreign-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-55329 Patrick Mulligan Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:48:36 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/09/12/giulianis-foreign-policy/#comment-55329 I think your authority to question anyone else's understanding of international affairs suffered a blow when you referred to Africa as a country. "The neocons haven't yet grasped this – they may claim otherwise, but they still cling to their Cold War framework of good states vs. bad states." Oh, the horror. Who but those dastardly neocons would have the bold-faced audacity to declare one state "bad" and another "good"? If Guilliani is stupid, or ignorant, or both, then at least you beat him in naivety. That another country, or "state", if you prefer, in the world theatre does business with another country or state in the world theatre does not make that country or state necessarily stable, or modern, or peaceful, or reasonable. Global economics and national security are two separate things. I think your authority to question anyone else’s understanding of international affairs suffered a blow when you referred to Africa as a country.

“The neocons haven’t yet grasped this – they may claim otherwise, but they still cling to their Cold War framework of good states vs. bad states.”

Oh, the horror. Who but those dastardly neocons would have the bold-faced audacity to declare one state “bad” and another “good”? If Guilliani is stupid, or ignorant, or both, then at least you beat him in naivety. That another country, or “state”, if you prefer, in the world theatre does business with another country or state in the world theatre does not make that country or state necessarily stable, or modern, or peaceful, or reasonable. Global economics and national security are two separate things.

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