The Trouble With Idealists
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Daniel Larison
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The problem with having idealists form your foreign policy is that idealists tend not to care for the grotty details that upset their world view. ~Dean Barnett
So says someone writing for The Weekly Standard. I wonder if he appreciates the phenomenal irony of that statement. Oh, wait, of course he doesn’t–it’s Dean Barnett.
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