Foreign policy ‘realism' not so smart

share: digg facebook twitter In June 2005, along with then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, I met nine Egyptian opposition figures, including presidential candidate Ayman Nour, in a shabby Cairo conference room. In the name of weakening Islamism, he undermined all legitimate opposition, often forcing dissent into the radical mosque. [...] this brand of realism always lacked a realistic