Tuesday 1 May 2007
The neoconservative hubris that the United States can and should reshape the world has been a casualty of the Iraq war, both substantively and politically. The practical limitations on the ability of the United States to direct the destiny of other peoples and cultures, and the cost of such ambitions, have been exposed. Nevertheless, the three leading Republican candidates for president in 2008 - Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney - cling to some version of the neoconservative vision.
Robert Robb
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