The Trouble With Idealists

Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Daniel Larison

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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