Hoisted from Francis Fukuyama’s Archives from 2006: He Needs to Take a Much More Jaundiced View of Neoconservatism
Rereading:
Francis Fukuyama (2006): After Neoconservatism: “How did the neoconservatives end up overreaching…
I always thought the biggest strategic error W made was stooping to the level of the terrorists. The whole world lined up in a coalition behind America after 9/11, which was heartwarming and life affirming. The speed with which it disintegrated illustrates how ill-behaved Bush and chums became.