"Like communists, conservatives have a tendency to believe that every question can be answered by referencing theory. Berkowitz, for instance, describes the conservative debate over the war as one of pure philosophical abstractions: Defenders of the invasion, he writes, believe in 'planting the seeds of liberty and democracy in the Muslim Middle East.' Whether or not the war actually has accomplished these ends is not an issue of much interest."
In The New Republic, Jonathan Chait wonders why conservatives constantly pound their chests in proclaiming the supposed victory of their ideas.
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