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Re:Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin by yourbandsucks on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:48PM (#19041213)
I wouldn't call neoconservatives realpolitik. They were idealist proponents of an activist foreign policy.

Realpolitik would have been leaving Saddam in place as less risky than invading.

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Re:Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin by wahern on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @08:02PM (#19041288)
Good point. I was being too loose with the language. But IME the two groups tended to mix. For example, John Bolton traveled in neoconservative circles during the run-up to the Iraq War even though he's rather Machiavellian.
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