The problem for them is that running an idealist movement and realpolitik are incompatible.
I think this illuminates the problem for all of us, be it liberal or conservative. There's constant compromises made, be it getting in bed with dictators or going into business with regimes like China. The U.S. only has moral authority in their own minds.
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Date: 4/5/10 17:41 (UTC)I think this illuminates the problem for all of us, be it liberal or conservative. There's constant compromises made, be it getting in bed with dictators or going into business with regimes like China. The U.S. only has moral authority in their own minds.