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Entry: Neocons and the Left: Know Your Enemies Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/neocons_and_the_left_know_your_enemies#2435 Post contents: A major problem for "paleocons" is that our utilitarian culture is drenched in the delusion that every problem has a solution. Conjuring up Grand Programs and Policies run counter to genuine traditional conservatism, yet electoral viability requires it. Hence the birth and continuing appeal of neoconservatism. Yet, paleos add to their own misery with quirky agendas like; the often sneering, petulant criticisms of Israel that you cite,the Romantic-pining for a return to the glories of the Old Confederacy, and your call to explore the wonders of "genetic endowment". Any movement saddled with that kind of agenda will find itself rightly marginalized, if only by the last flickering embers of decency residing in our body politic. A traditionalist Right can mount an effective challenge to our current regime. First, though it must challenge the sterile rationalism that has drained our culture of it's moral energy, while also jettisoning any malign preoccupations with racial superiority. Do we have the courage and the faith to do so? Sent at: 2008 05 15