Rattle wrote:

This article's lead ... immediately makes me think of this song:

Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you.

And those lyrics, coupled with the ending of Fukuyama's essay:

Neoconservatism, whatever its complex roots, has become indelibly associated with concepts like coercive regime change, unilateralism and American hegemony. What is needed now are new ideas ...

makes me think that Fukuyama is secretly singing this tune:

Yeah I'm here without a name
In the palace of my shame
I said love rescue me

I've conquered my past
The future is here at last
I stand at the entrance
To a new world I can see
The ruins to the right of me
Will soon have lost sight of me
Love rescue me

RE: The Long War