Irving Kristol („a liberal mugged by reality“) starb heute im Alter von 89 Jahren in Washington. Als Andenken eine kurze Leseliste, zusammengestellt vom Weekly Standard:

“The Neoconservative Persuasion,” by Irving Kristol, August 25, 2003

“My Public Interest,” by Irving Kristol, December 18, 2006

“It Wasn’t Inevitable,” by Irving Kristol, June 21, 2004

“Farewell to ‘The Public Interest,’” by David Skinner, April 25, 2005

“Irving’s Whodunit,” by William F. Buckley Jr., October 9, 1995

Ein Statement von Irving Kristol aus “The Neoconservative Persuasion”, welches eigentlich für alle Demokraten selbstverständlich sein sollte:

Barring extraordinary events, the United States will always feel obliged to defend, if possible, a democratic nation under attack from nondemocratic forces, external or internal. That is why it was in our national interest to come to the defense of France and Britain in World War II. That is why we feel it necessary to defend Israel today, when its survival is threatened. No complicated geopolitical calculations of national interest are necessary.