Op-Ed: Reintroducing Reagan to Republicans
He was kind of a non-interventionist. Kind of
When a number of conservative Republican senators and congressmen began calling for an end to foreign aid to Libya, Egypt, and Pakistan, Sen. Lindsey Graham dismissed this push as "the libertarian view," despite the fact that House Republicans Michele Bachmann and Allen West and Republican Sen. James Inhofe shared this same view.
The definition of what is and isn't "conservative" has been in dispute since George W. Bush left office. And on no issue is this fight more evident than when it comes to U.S. foreign policy.
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