Robert Kagan was and still is confused. A few years ago, he was asking American parents to send their sons and daughters to die for Israel in Syria. He said then: “so again America will have to take the lead, provide the troops, supply the bulk of the air power and pull together those willing and able to join the effort…. In addition, a further 10,000 to 20,000 U.S. troops would be required to uproot Islamic State from the haven it has created in Syria and to help local forces uproot it in Iraq.”[1]
Translation: naïve Americans, please send your precious sons and daughters to die for the state of Israel. Forget about Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. Forget about the 360,000 veterans who “may have brain injuries.”[2] According Kagan’s logic here, heartlessness is a prerequisite in Neoconservative circles. As Ron Paul adequately put it back in 2013: