I CAN SEE WHY LEVIN HATES CHRISTIE

(h/t The Dish)

Christie is more like John Gray or Isaiah Berlin than Norman Podhoretz or Bill Kristol:

The United States must also become more discriminating in what we try to accomplish abroad. We certainly cannot force others to adopt our principles through coercion. Local realities count; we cannot have forced makeovers of other societies in our image. We need to limit ourselves overseas to what is in our national interest so that we can rebuild the foundations of American power here at home - foundations that need to be rebuilt in part so that we can sustain a leadership role in the world for decades to come.