Cruz just spent the last year assiduously distancing himself from neocons... then casually suggests John Bolton for secretary of state #uh
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Some deny that Bolton is a neocon. Maybe so. But he's immeasurably advanced the neocon project, which needs allies beyond strict ideologues.
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Bolton may not personally be invested in neocon maxims, but having become so closely associated with their aims, that distinction dissolves.
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Cruz's citing of Bolton suggests that he aspires to replicate Bolton's past role as a bridge between neocons and nationalists.
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Cruz's grand coalition-building project is to add libertarians to that mix. Sounds far-fetched, but so did the nationalist-neocon alliance.
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@MasaccioEW Our foreign policy establishment spawns such wondrous offspring.
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