an article that starts with guy from the neocon brookings institute is propaganda.

the neocons and their ideological godfather strauss, believe in the noble lie. end of story. 

the guy talks about social norms? the Trotsky cum neocon fake conservative socialists have "invented" american norms. trump IS the american norm.

and... hillary and this purple revolution... all this russian hack the election B.S. A a classic Hegelian tactic. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_B

reminds me of the last great neocon loss and Team B a la Rumsfeld. Mr. Hamid is a punk. illiberal democrat... nice ring to it, but no substance. all these so-called experts aren't needed anymore. 

as for the CIA - the old OSS... to say the org has undermined democracy, or true liberalism in thought and economy, is an understatement!

trump is a neo-liberal. and a republican! a liberal republican! 

this Hamid guy gets it ass backwards.