Neoconservatives

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Wish To Be Poor and Unemployed? Support Military Attacks on Iran

Muhammad Sahimi | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Gas Prices, Robert Gates, War With Iran, Neoconservatives, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Iran Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

Whereas the implications of a war with Iran for the national security of the US would be much worse than those of the Iraq war, little has been said about the implications for our economic security here at home.

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Can We Rescue Democracy from the Right?

John Feffer | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neoconservatives, Ned, Zimbabwe, Democracy, Poland, Robert Mugabe, Politics News

Yes, the U.S. government has given "democracy promotion" a bad name. But progressives should not withhold support from movements in other countries fighting nonviolently against tyranny.

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Bush Waves a White Flag

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neoconservatives, Democratization, North Korea Nuclear Program, Neoconservatives Iran, George W. Bush, North Korea, Politics News

By removing North Korea from the list of terrorist supporting states and by lifting sanctions imposed on it for decades, Bush put a nail in the coffin of the neocon theory.

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Con Games: Neocons I Have Known

Michael Conniff | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neocons, Neoconservatives, Paul Wolfowitz, Paul Wolfowitz George Bush, Neoconservative Movement, Politics News

Neoconservatism is about seeing everything as appeasement, no matter the size of the pea-shooter, and making the philosophy fit the crime, regardless of the consequences.

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Obama's Pivot

Michael Carmichael | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Aipac, Israel Obama, Israel Lobby, Obama AIPAC Speech, Obama AIPAC, John Mccain Neoconservatives, Barack Obama Israel, Neoconservatives, Jewish Neocons, Obama Israel, Home News

As a direct result of his AIPAC speech, Obama's stock is collapsing not only in the Middle East, but also around the globe.

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Bill Kristol is Not Stupid, So Why Does He Pretend to Be?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, November Election "Not Alex", Republicans, MoveOn.Org, Democrats, Bill Kristol, William Kristol, Bill Kristol NYT, Bill Kristol New York Times, Neoconservatives, Politics News

The true contempt for our soldiers comes from Bill Kristol and his neo-con pals who sent them off to fight and die in a totally bogus, elective war -- not from MoveOn.org

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Neocons Busy Rewriting History On Iraq

Washington Independent | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Bush Administration, Revisionist History, War in Iraq, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Politics News

Ever since the Rumsfeld era at the Pentagon ended abruptly in the aftermath of the Democratic victory in the 2006 mid-term elections, the civilian haw...

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CON GAMES: "Nucons" Drink New Coke Of Conservatism

Michael Conniff | Posted 06.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Neoconservatives, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, Home News

We all know the neoconservatives would stop at nothing -- war, famine, pestilence -- to have their way in the Middle East based on a philosophy resist...

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7 Days in America: What Should Happen Now? A Truth Commission for Bush

Mark Green | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neoconservatives, Iraq, 7 Days in America, George W. Bush, Politics News

The issue isn't McClellan or even the media -- it's McClellan's insider corroboration of the lies and illegalities of Bush's War and Bush's administration. It's time for a Truth & Reconciliation Commission.

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Swiftboating Obama: Renowned Muslim Scholar Couldn't Publish Apostasy Response

Evan Derkacz | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion and Politics, Neoconservatives, Islam, New York Times, Media Criticism, Religiondispatches, Politics News

You would think that one of the world's foremost Islamic Jurists would have no trouble getting published as an authority on Islam in order to set the record straight about Luttwak's ridiculous claim about Obama.

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Karl Rove's Time Machine

David Quigg | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: History, Neoconservatives, Neville Chamberlain, Election 2008, World War II, Senator William Borah, Appeasement, Adolf Hitler, George W. Bush, Neo Con, Barack Obama, Politics News

Addressing Israeli lawmakers last week, Bush slandered a giant of the U.S. Senate: William E. Borah. The six-term Republican senator from Idaho cannot hit back against Bush's smear -- he's been dead since 1940.

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It's Our Turn Now

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neocons, Neoconservatives, McCain Economy, Economics, John McCain Economy, Neoconservative Movement, Politics News

Recent history has shown that John McCain's policy agenda is antithetical to his goals. Regarding the variables that matter most to working families, the neocon experiment was a particularly dramatic failure.

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Clinton's "Obliteration" Remark is Genocidal, Requires Apology

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dialogue With Iran, Human Rights, Genocide, Jews in Iran, The Middle East, 9/11 Tragedy, Foriegn Policy, Nuclear Attack, Palestine, Iraq, The White House, Senator Hil;ary Clinton, Iran, Neoconservatives, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World War Three, 3 a.m. Ad, Bush Administration, Israel, Rev. Wright, The NIE, Oblitration, Warmongers, Hawkish, War With Iran, Clinton Would Obliterate Iran, 3am Ad, Hillary Clinton Iran, Obliterate Iran, Clinton 3AM, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

If the media were not distracted by Rev. Wright's controversial remarks, this comment would cause a huge backlash against Clinton.

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A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

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I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...

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Kristol, Lieberman, and Will Unmask Obama's Secret Marxist Agenda

Harold Pollack | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Elitism, William Kristol, George Will, Barack Obama, Neoconservatives, Politics News

Republicans will try to defeat Obama by running him through the right-wing freak show. He will be depicted to be, at once, a Chablis-sipping snob, angry Black nationalist and radical Marxist.

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Did Petraeus Part Ways With The Neocons?

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

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Those who expected General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker to beat the drums of war during this week's Senate hearings must be disappointed. Joe Lieberman certainly was.

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The 100 Years War

Bill Maher | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Private Contractors, Private Security Contractors, Neocons, McCain Iraq 100 Years, Neoconservatives, Iraq Contractors, Iraq War Five Year Anniversary, Defense Spending, Dick Cheney Iraq, Iraq Five Years of War, War Profiteering, Dick Cheney, McCain Iraq, John McCain Iraq Surge, Politics News

There's a possibility that's starting to scare me: That by a certain neocon definition, Iraq is a success.

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What Conservatives Are Thinking Right Now

Ron Galloway | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neoconservatives, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Conservatives, 2008 Election, Politics News

Most audiences I query -- hundreds of conservatives -- seem resigned, but not worried, that if Obama wins the nomination, he wins the race.

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If McCain's A Moderate, I'm The Easter Bunny

Peter Dreier | Posted 02.10.2008 | Home

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Moderate? Centrist? Is this the same John McCain whose voting record and views since his election to the Senate in 1986 have consistently been conservative, even reactionary?

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The Neocons and John McCain

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jim Lobe, Neocons, Neoconservatives, John McCain, Jacob Heilbrunn, John Bolton, Firedoglake, Politics News

Jim Lobe has a great profile piece on the movement of neoconservative sympathies in the Republican race and notes that a number of neocons and their...

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Kristol Bawls

Ellis Weiner | Posted 02.06.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times Op Ed, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Bill Kristol NYT, Bill Kristol, William Kristol, Bill Kristol New York Times, Media News

Reading Kristol, our every prejudice is confirmed. Conservatives really are the brainy-but-repressed hyper-dorks of one's high school memory.

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The Burdens of Empire

Gary Hart | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neocons, Neoconservatives, Empire, U.S. Permanent Bases Iraq, Iraq, Permanent Bases, Politics News

Yesterday, Bush signed the Defense Authorization Bill, including Section 1222 prohibiting permanent military bases in Iraq, with the now customary "signing statement."

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John McCain, Neocon

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kristol McCain, Victorians, Bill Kristol, They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, Midge Decter, David Brooks, Bill Kristol New York Times, Winston Churchill, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Bill Kristol Iraq, Neoconservatives, Politics News

McCain represents for the neocons the ultimate synthesis of war hero and politician. And he in turn, has been increasingly drawn to their militaristic vision of the U.S. that can set wrong aright around the globe.

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The Importance of Knowing the Neocons

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Norman Podhoretz, Neoconservatives, Jacob Heilbrunn, John Bolton, Bill Kristol, Politics News

The neoconservative movement has been around for a long time . With Bill Kristol's weekly New York Times column the influence of this wing of the policy establishment is going to be around a lot longer.

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Ron Paul: Real Conservatives Don't Start Wars, They End Them

James Freedman | Posted 12.26.2007 | Home

Read More: Foreign Relations, Republican Presidential Candidate, Ron Paul Fundraising, Ron Paul Supporters, Republican Debates, Ron Paul, Neoconservatives, Energy Policy, 2008 Election, Offthebus, Foreign Policy, Home News

The following piece was produced by HuffPost's OffTheBus. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) recently gained fame for breaking one-day online donation rec...

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