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The Trouble With Idealists

March 28, 2008

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Daniel Larison

The problem with having idealists form your foreign policy is that idealists tend not to care for the grotty details that upset their world view. ~Dean Barnett

So says someone writing for The Weekly Standard.  I wonder if he appreciates the phenomenal irony of that statement.  Oh, wait, of course he doesn’t–it’s Dean Barnett.

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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