tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2118966575874697088..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The End of the Liberal World OrderStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23391730948615655642018-09-13T10:46:07.931-07:002018-09-13T10:46:07.931-07:00I've read several of Kagan's books & e...I've read several of Kagan's books & essays. Admired, respected, learned from them.<br /><br />But this isn't the 1950s. Here, or abroad.<br /><br />We're still indispensable. Within limits. Much like The Truman Doctrine. Inspired by Kennan's "Long Telegram".<br /><br />Brilliant writer & thinker. Execrable at everything else.<br /><br />Isaiah Berlin's "The Crooked Timber of Humanity" negates comity convincingly. - Rich Lara Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-58131010309677451592018-09-11T04:50:32.331-07:002018-09-11T04:50:32.331-07:00Tinker Bell's pixie dust can make humans fly, ...Tinker Bell's pixie dust can make humans fly, if they think happy thoughts. Mister Ahmed thinks no happy thoughts, does not desire to fly, and detests wastrel Christians. Ahmed has a work ethic and a moral code with strict rules he follows without fail. Will Ahmed love his Christian neighbors because he now lives in an "environment of freedom" or will his disdain for infidels remain a beacon for his actions?<br />If America is working successfully, as Stuart rightly points out, and within it's secure borders repelling Ahmed and his corp of communists, dictators, and tyrants from interference then certainly America is indispensable to Americans; the influence of that freedom might, or might not, make a difference to Ahmed or others but should their plight our national focus? Dan Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306436521768077821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-83049664315394877412018-09-10T21:28:11.030-07:002018-09-10T21:28:11.030-07:00Overwrought prolixity chock full of dumbass ideas....Overwrought prolixity chock full of dumbass ideas. "America must show that liberal democracy and republican government can produce a prosperous and harmonious society." Doesn't he realize most people don't give a shit about that? Doesn't he realize jillions of people believe in an afterlife of heaven or hell and want assurance of heaven? And many millions of those believe that the only surefire way to avoid hell is to kill an infidel? So, if I believe the only sure way to heaven is to kill people and induce others to do the same, I won't be contributing much to a "harmonious society."Mike Huntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-31382751341824534522018-09-10T18:17:04.766-07:002018-09-10T18:17:04.766-07:00Agreed.
This whole diversity delusion is madness....Agreed.<br /><br />This whole diversity delusion is madness. I am enjoying Heather Mac Donald’s new book immensely. How much more emotive blackmail and feelings extortion will we have to endure?<br /><br />Robert Kagan is married to Victoria Nuland from Obama’s State Department. I wonder if the two talk to each other?<br /><br />I detect no American idealists in public life today, of the Acheson mold. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-51220655143642063932018-09-10T13:23:54.547-07:002018-09-10T13:23:54.547-07:00I tend to agree with Deneen's well-reasoned ar...I tend to agree with Deneen's well-reasoned argument in "Why Liberalism Failed". The classic liberal narrative contains a number of basic postulates that were never aligned with human nature. Our "better angels" were never going to emerge.trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.com