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And so you can see how they could be susceptible to any great power that comes after them, which is why it's very important that America be the great power that is providing for their protection, rather than have the Chinese or someone else be able to come in and influence them. So all of this is about defending America's national interests

And so you can see how they could be susceptible to any great power that comes after them, which is why it's very important that America be the great power that is providing for their protection, rather than have the Chinese or someone else be able to come in and influence them. So all of this is about defending America's national interests

It's not about trying to export democracy to far off lands and transform other cultures into models, replicating our own. That's the imperial project that America had been embarked on since the end of the Cold War, basically. This is instead focusing on America first, which also means focusing on our neighborhood first, and that is the other Americas and the rest of the Western Hemisphere.

It's not about trying to export democracy to far off lands and transform other cultures into models, replicating our own. That's the imperial project that America had been embarked on since the end of the Cold War, basically. This is instead focusing on America first, which also means focusing on our neighborhood first, and that is the other Americas and the rest of the Western Hemisphere.

The neocons are really smart, and I point this out in my essay for Compact Magazine on why Bridge Colby is so important. The neocons realize that if they go to the American public, if they go straight to the voters, the voters won't take them up on the kind of imperial democracy-promoting agenda that the neocons want to endorse. The voters just won't go for it. So they don't do that.

The neocons are really smart, and I point this out in my essay for Compact Magazine on why Bridge Colby is so important. The neocons realize that if they go to the American public, if they go straight to the voters, the voters won't take them up on the kind of imperial democracy-promoting agenda that the neocons want to endorse. The voters just won't go for it. So they don't do that.

And they also realize that, you know, if you try to elect a pure on, you know, sort of pure neoconservative like Bill Kristol, try to send him to the Senate or, you know, nominate him for president, that's not going to work.

And they also realize that, you know, if you try to elect a pure on, you know, sort of pure neoconservative like Bill Kristol, try to send him to the Senate or, you know, nominate him for president, that's not going to work.

You may recall, Charlie, that back in 2016, Bill Kristol had the lunatic idea that he would get David French to run for president and that David French would somehow be the neocon candidate to stop Donald Trump. It's just ridiculous. They can't win elections and they can't serve in office.

You may recall, Charlie, that back in 2016, Bill Kristol had the lunatic idea that he would get David French to run for president and that David French would somehow be the neocon candidate to stop Donald Trump. It's just ridiculous. They can't win elections and they can't serve in office.

But what the neocons are very clever about doing is instead insinuating themselves into the staff and into the offices of office holders.

But what the neocons are very clever about doing is instead insinuating themselves into the staff and into the offices of office holders.

So in other words, you don't have to win elections if you're the guy, if you are responsible for the staffing positions of the office holders, because the office holders themselves are often choosing from a menu of policy that has been written up by their staff or that has been sort of spun by ideologues and think tanks and magazines.

So in other words, you don't have to win elections if you're the guy, if you are responsible for the staffing positions of the office holders, because the office holders themselves are often choosing from a menu of policy that has been written up by their staff or that has been sort of spun by ideologues and think tanks and magazines.

That's where the neocons have a chokehold on American policy and on the American right. And that's where they're really concerned they're going to lose that chokehold and that grip if Bridge Colby gets into the Pentagon.

That's where the neocons have a chokehold on American policy and on the American right. And that's where they're really concerned they're going to lose that chokehold and that grip if Bridge Colby gets into the Pentagon.

Yeah, you can find me on Twitter at the unusual handle of Tory anarchist, which is a nice sort of fun phrase I use. And then online, you can find me on the Internet at www.modernagejournal.com.

Yeah, you can find me on Twitter at the unusual handle of Tory anarchist, which is a nice sort of fun phrase I use. And then online, you can find me on the Internet at www.modernagejournal.com.

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