{"id":6338,"date":"2004-09-20T08:19:21","date_gmt":"2004-09-20T15:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/09\/20\/realistic.html"},"modified":"2004-09-20T08:19:21","modified_gmt":"2004-09-20T15:19:21","slug":"realistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/09\/20\/realistic.html","title":{"rendered":"Realistic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmm.  According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/specials\/neocon\/quiz\/neoconQuiz.html\" target=\"_blank\">this CSM test<\/a>, when it comes to foreign policy I am &#8220;most likely&#8221; a <strong>Realist<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<hr width=75%>\nRealists &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision\n<li>Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy &#8211; and vice versa\n<li>Don&#8217;t want US policy options unduly limited by world opinion or ethical considerations\n<li>Believe strong alliances are important to US interests\n<li>Weigh the political costs of foreign action\n<li>Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest<\/ul>\n<p><u>Historical realist<\/u>: President Dwight D. Eisenhower<br \/>\n<u>Modern realist<\/u>: Secretary of State Colin Powell<\/p>\n<hr width=75%>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I agree with all of the above, but it&#8217;s probably closer to me than the other four categories (Isolationist, Liberal, Neocon).<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghostofaflea.com\/archives\/003399.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Flea<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmm. According to this CSM test, when it comes to foreign policy I am &#8220;most likely&#8221; a Realist. Realists &#8230; Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision Believe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-personality-tests"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4190,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/01\/21\/realist_or_capi.html","url_meta":{"origin":6338,"position":0},"title":"Realist or Capitalist Stooge?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Jan-03 8:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"That's me, depending on your perspective, according to the The WildMonk War Personality Test. 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