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Is Romney a neocon

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Submitted by Shishir (India), Oct 9, 2012 at 11:33

I thought the neocon movement was pretty much discredited after George W Bush;s non success in nation building attempts and imposition of democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan.The party took a drubbing in 2006 and 2008 and prominent neo cons were sacrificed at the altar like Rumsfeld and others like Richard Perle,Paul Wolfowitz and Doug Feith either resigned or faded into irrelevance.

David Brooks,Peggy Noonan and David Frum turned out to be fair weather friends and jumped ship in praising the Obama administration.

That's why its shocking and frustrating to see Mr. Romney regurgitate the failed talking points of last decade.

Hopefully he was just phoning it in when he made those comments and when he arrives in the Oval office on Jan 20th , the hard realities of the world will compel him to change his views and policies.

To be fair to Romney, he was always touted himself as an economy guy and never seemed to give foreign policy too much thought.Also that's what the American voters wanted.

Now he has to deal with the bitter fruits of the Arab spring so he better get his ... game face on.

I was especially puzzled by reports of Condoleezza Rice (another neocon) being one of his picks for VP!

Hopefully his cabinet picks will have a sobering effect on him

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Title Commenter Date Thread
What about State? [33 words]RealityCheckOct 9, 2012 13:20199642
Good point! [23 words]saraOct 9, 2012 19:28199642
1Romney -- The Leftist Conspiracy and the State Department [527 words]Rex BouvierOct 10, 2012 17:44199642
Rex Bouvier, Are you claiming objectivity? doesn't sound like it [156 words]saraOct 10, 2012 19:02199642
Will the US ever learn from mistakes? [244 words]AnneOct 9, 2012 12:10199637
Is Romney a neocon [220 words]ShishirOct 9, 2012 11:33199635
not a fine speech [360 words]mythOct 8, 2012 20:50199605
good observations and analysis, Myth [51 words]saraOct 9, 2012 19:55199605
the authentic Romney [102 words]mythOct 10, 2012 07:04199605
Myth, the perception means everything [187 words]saraOct 10, 2012 18:14199605
4From Beirut to Benghazi [163 words]Ron MOct 8, 2012 20:49199604
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1Obama, The Appeaser? [788 words]
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2ROMNEY'S MID-EAST POLICY, or the U.S FOR THAT MATTER [544 words]JACQUES HADIDAOct 8, 2012 18:45199598
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Mr MacKay, Because they are missing the main point unfortunately for us [301 words]saraOct 8, 2012 18:13199586
For starters, calling a spade a spade would help immeasurably [105 words]UgriOct 9, 2012 03:13199586

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