On realism

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Climate Change, Foreign Policy, middle-east

When facts are found to be in conflict with the principle, a realist will abandon principle; a fanatic will abandon facts. 

On American foreign policy delusions

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Conservatism, Defense, Delusions, Liberalism

Constituency	Delusion	Reality
Liberal isolationists	They will love us if we are nice to them	They will never love us
Liberal interventionists	They will love us if we kill their enemies	They will never love us
Neoconservatives	They will be grateful if we kill their enemies	They will never be grateful
Conservative isolationists	They will leave us alone if we leave them alone	They want what we have
The Pentagon	Total war is finished, so we’ll just hit them with drones	Limited wars can never be won
Obama	We can’t beat them, so let’s join them	Strong enemies are worse than weak ones
Tea Party	Israel is our friend through thick and thin	States do not have friends