Is the neocon dream dead?
The American Conservative
by Christopher Orlet
03/09/06
These are hard days for the neocons. There are defections left and right (well, mostly right). Those who remain on board seem as wobbly as Kate Moss after an all-night coke binge. Last month Francis Fukuyama -- always an irresolute neocon -- formally severed all ties: 'Neoconservatism, as both a political symbol and a body of thought, has evolved into something I can no longer support.' At home the Venerable Buckley pronounced the Iraq War a lost cause. Andrew Sullivan offered a mea culpa to his readers in Time. ('The shock of 9/11 provoked an understandable but still mistaken over-estimation of the risks we faced.') Abroad, the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections gave critics more ammo. Given the choice in a free and open election, Palestinians opted for a terrorist organization. Iraq, the cliche-mongering press reminded us, 'teetered on the brink of civil war.' To some it appears the neoconservative moment is over...
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9509
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Christopher Orlet
03/09/06
These are hard days for the neocons. There are defections left and right (well, mostly right). Those who remain on board seem as wobbly as Kate Moss after an all-night coke binge. Last month Francis Fukuyama -- always an irresolute neocon -- formally severed all ties: 'Neoconservatism, as both a political symbol and a body of thought, has evolved into something I can no longer support.' At home the Venerable Buckley pronounced the Iraq War a lost cause. Andrew Sullivan offered a mea culpa to his readers in Time. ('The shock of 9/11 provoked an understandable but still mistaken over-estimation of the risks we faced.') Abroad, the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections gave critics more ammo. Given the choice in a free and open election, Palestinians opted for a terrorist organization. Iraq, the cliche-mongering press reminded us, 'teetered on the brink of civil war.' To some it appears the neoconservative moment is over...
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9509
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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