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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Of course, back in the day, Clinton was engaging in "nation building" directly contrary to the conservative spirit.
I love revisionist history.
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Conservatives hate nation building. Neocons support it. George Will and many Republicans (including John McCain) flipped out at Clintons bombing of Serbia, because with Kosovo we were interfering with the internal politics of a sovereign nation and the US has no strategic interest in Serbia. All true, but irrelevant arguments to a Neocon.
Of course the far left didn't like it because to them war is always wrong.
Conservatives rationalize Afghanistan because they supported Al Queda. Neocons didn't need Al Queda as an excuse to go in (the Taliban was the only excuse they needed). Conservatives use oil, the war on terror and WMDs as an excuse to invade Iraq. Neocons don't need an excuse (Saddam provided all the excuse they needed). Many conservatives, like Buckley, Buchanan and others were against Iraq because they didn't believe we had strategic interests.
Again the liberals were against it because they are against all wars.
