I'm a realist

I was chatting with my little brother online this evening, and telling him a little about cohousing. I wrote something about neo-cons not being likely fans of cohousing. He wrote back, “I wonder if you’re a neo-con if you have to google the term when your brother mentions it.”

So he looked up the definition and turned me on to this quiz.

I took it. It’s got hard questions! My own person results were that I’m a “realist” which is defined like so:

Realist Realists…

* Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision * Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy - and vice versa * Don’t want US policy options unduly limited by world opinion or ethical considerations * Believe strong alliances are important to US interests * Weigh the political costs of foreign action * Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest

Historical realist: President Dwight D. Eisenhower Modern realist: Secretary of State Colin Powell