It is not the responsibility of America to police the world or provide for the security of any nation other than our own.
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If any convention of rightists should incorporate Ron Paulites, libertarians, paleolibertarians, Constitutionalists, anti-war conservatives, and paleoconservatives, it should be a convention of bloggers and internet activists. The Republican Party's virtual collapse has left neo-conservatives discredited and facing policy extinction. Neo-conservatives aren't the only ones who drew philosophical sustenance from the liberal rationalist assumptions embodied in the Declaration of Independence. WFB's legacy was building up the intellectual side of conservatism and coalescing conservative factions, which set the groundwork for conservatives to win victory in the political election and campaign realm with the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
It is incumbent upon the hawks to very specifically define the war aims as they see them. Paleoconservatism is more than a political philosophy. It is a religion. Paleoconservatism demands substantial alignment with its tenets before one can claim to be a “true” conservative. My fall from grace took mere seconds. Clearly, the left-wing media does not understand distinctions on the Right. Unfortunately, many conservatives don’t understand distinctions on the Right either. Where paleo-theory meets paleo-practice, run for the hills! Paleoconservatism is informed by certain philosophical presumptions that differ markedly from the presumptions of neocons and most modern conservatives. By adopting the liberal rhetoric of rights and the individual, the pro-life movement has made a pact with the Devil. The split between neoconservatives and paleoconservatives over the Iraq war goes deeper than many realize. Their differences on ethnic issues are threatening to become the biggest internal battle conservatives will face this decade. Examining resentment to neoconservatism, and why that resentment shouldn’t exist. |
 
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