Made by Andrew Bacevich. Of course to Bacevich, opposition to the hubris of empire is part of what makes a conservative. And in a purely abstract sense, he may have a point. But actually existing American conservatism seems so committed to a project of militarism and coercive domination that Bacevich’s case seems a bit precious.

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