Given the inherent tension implied by neo-conservatism’s simultaneous embrace of secular free-market capitalism and “traditional” values, its strategy, perfected since the Reagan era, has been to re-draw the lines of division: then, as now, the West is “at risk,” which requires nurturing a strongly emotional distinction between “us” and “them.”
Cette stratégie ne va pas arrêter de séduire avec la fin de l'administration Bush, car le néoconservatisme alimente des peurs profondément enracinées dans l'Histoire américaine.