Apropos my defense of the Euston Manifesto and Nick Cohen's What's Left, here's another perspective from E.J. Dionne on the prospects for a revival of liberalism after George Bush. Money graphs:
[After] Bush leaves office, liberals will face a moment of truth on foreign policy. It is easy enough to reject Bush's unilateralism, his squandering of the post-9/11 opportunity, his failure to understand what the invasion of Iraq entailed and required, his expansive view of executive power. Far more difficult will be settling arguments between advocates of democracy promotion and opponents of imperialism; between realists who have learned the need for prudence from the Iraq adventure, and idealists who insist (as in Darfur) that there is still a role for American power to promote moral ends, and to avert moral catastrophe.In principle, American liberals can repair the model of international cooperation pioneered by Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. But it would be foolish to assume that such an approach to foreign policy can be miraculously recreated in a world very different from the one they confronted, or to assume that the dilemmas of liberal foreign policy will disappear when the Bush administration does.
I appreciate you taking the time to talk about them with people.
A remarkable discussion merits a comment. I feel that you need to write much more about this subject, it may well not be regarded as a taboo issue however normally people are inadequate to speak on such topics. To another. Adios for now