When You're Jet, You're a Jet All The Way......

Same as being a Neo Conservative. Once you're in baby....

Anyway, there's a great little internecine gang war going on in Foreign Policy circles. But unless you follow this stuff, you'll have no idea what I am talking about.

So, where to start?

Well for starters, any moment now I am expecting to hear that the Italians have given asylum to Francis Fukuyama as well as that Afghani who converted to Christianity.

That is the fate of apostates. And right now, Francis is apostate du jour.

Francis Fukuyama, author of "The End of History and the last Man" was one of the leading lights of the Neo Cons, the guys that brought you "Iraq 2 - This Time It's Personal." Their essential thesis has been the promulgation of an interventionist foreign policy with muscle.

In his latest book, "America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power and the Neoconservative Legacy" he recants his views in favor of an approach involving more emphaiss on softpower, the use of public diplomacy and media to affect the hearts and minds of those we want to encourage on the road to democracy, and the guys in the clubhouse are NOT happy. And now they are essentially calling Francis a big wuss.

Basically the big question comes down to this: Should the US kick some booty in the world, or should we take a softer approach.

This may not seem like a big deal for most folks who get up everymorning, fix breakfast for their kids and get them off to school before commuting to a job they don't like. But it is a big deal. Because, the side that wins this argument will decide whether or not your kids will be carrying a gun somewhere in the world in the future.