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[kandrathe]

Scarcely any progressives supported the Iraq war. Most were vehemently against it. Your category is nonsensical. It does not map onto historical or current groups of progressives. It certainly doesn't accurately capture the beliefs of those who self-identify as progressives. You've just taken this term and twisted it beyond all recognition to be your all-purpose bogeyman.

Unless you count Neo-Cons as a brand of militaristic progressives bent on bringing liberalism, democracy, and human rights to other countries (usually by force). Yes, they are very different from the GLBT, tree hugging, universal health care brand of progressives. Yet they have the same process, and philosophy, with different agenda's.

You are holding tight to a two dimensional perspective of political affiliation. You are either left wing, or right wing, right? But, if you look at the core political ideologies or philosophies, the US party system is just a brand which indicate which side of the middle you prefer.

So I take it you don't agree that progressivism is a philosophy of elitist egalitarianism?