Recently I read that Robert Kagan is the smartest neocon around and, being enormously competitive, I bought a couple of his books-- skinny ones--to figure out what makes him so goddamn smart. And then it came to me: I have to spend more time in the south of France! A few of Kagan's mots juste:
Louis XIV remarked, "L'Etat c'est moi"
Napoleon attempted to promote egalite and fraternite with the sword
France's proposed defense budget increase will prove, like the force de frappe
Hubert Vedrine coined the term hyperpuissance to describe an American behemoth
But leaving aside French amour propre
Some Frenchmen still yearn for la gloire
Joschka Fischer's volte face was the most striking
neocons "counterfeit conservatives" exposed
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