Yes.
It's not that he doesn't understand the problem, or see the complexities of it. It's that he does not even know that the problem exists. And he is one of the more reasonable, more intelligent neocons. So just think where the rest are.
Their understanding of foreign policy is landlocked and moribund. It's not that they miss the finer strokes. It's that they miss even the broad strokes. They genuinely do not understand the concept of uniparty, of empire, of empire in decline. They're not missing the rules of the game. They're missing the game itself.
This is why, to them, we are just a couple of nuts, on about hating America. They do not know there is a war going on, or what the stakes are.
When you complain, ur friends roll their eyes and ur enemies rejoice
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?