Thursday, March 03, 2011
David Cameron's Neoconservative Moment posted by Richard Seymour
On Cameron's neoconservative temptation, and it's dangers:David Cameron's recent offer to intervene in Libya, arming insurgents and enforcing a no-fly zone, was withdrawn almost as quickly as it was articulated. Objections from the US and France sank the idea. But it seems that the idea had enjoyed support from the cabinet, most of all from the hawkish faction around the education secretary Michael Gove – who is a signatory to the neoconservative Henry Jackson Society's statement of principles. Cameron, though no neocon, is a traditional Atlanticist, and has energetically promoted a small fraternity of foreign policy hawks since gaining the Tory leadership in 2005...
Labels: 'humanitarian intervention', david cameron, imperialism, libya, neoconservatism, the meaning of david cameron, tories