Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Jeane Kirkpatrick & the Neocons

Making War to Keep Peace, by Jeane Kirkpatrick, HC/HarperCollins

Even if forcibly spreading democracy were feasible, is it actually desirable, the NYT Reviewer , Geoffrey Wheatcroft, asked. "...almost everywhere there are free elections, the American-backed side tends to lose."

We're backing the wrong side, what d'ya think.

The WSJ said this: "Her blunt style and strong defense of liberty will be missed. "
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009365

Here's apparently the text of Kirkpatrick's speech to the 1984 Republican convention:
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/facts/GOP.speeches.past/84.kirkpatrick.shtml

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