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The future outlook amongst many neoconservatives is generally the same, although [[Francis Fukuyama]] now holds that the ideology has "evolved into something I can no longer support".<ref>Rupert Cornwell, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-big-question-what-is-neoconservatism-and-how-influential-is-it-today-415637.html, The Big Question: What is neo-conservatism, and how influential is it today?], The Independent, 12th September, 2006</ref>These aims are finishing Iraqi objectives, and maintaining American presence within its borders, targetting Iran, the continuing enlargement of the military both in terms of personnel and equipment, to continue to promote their form of democracy in order to attempt to passify the population of the middle east.<ref>Joshua Muravchik, [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewArticle.cfm/The-Past--Present--and-Future-of-Neoconservatism-10935 The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism], Commentary, October 2007</ref>Specifically [[Robert Kagan]], signatory of the [[Project for the New American Century]] and the [[American Enterprise Institute]], holds that America must maintain its presence in huge numbers within Iraq. In 2006 he defended policy proposals by neoconservative think tanks and the Bush Administration to allow a "surge" of 55,000 American troops to be sent to Iraq to solidify American stranglehold within the country. This would then increase American presence alone in the country to 200,000 and mean that this number will not drop until 2009 at the earliest.<ref>BarbinMD, [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/12/17/8473/9725 Fred Kagan Explains "The Surge"], Daily Kos: State of the Nation, December 17, 2006</ref><ref>Michel Chossudovsky, [http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20070126&articleId=4599 "Surge" or "Involuntary" Military Conscription: The Neo-Conservative Architects of Military Escalation], Global Research, January 26 2007</ref>Although the Bush Administration is currently heading for a sharp exit from the political stageshow, neoconservatism is set to carry on with the show exploiting the daily fears of the American public, and in particular their security fears around the possiblity of another 9/11, as well as emphasising its objective in Iraq.<ref>Stephen Eric Bronner, [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/stephen_eric_bronner/2007/08/is_neoconservatism_dead.html, Is Neoconservatism Dead?], Guardian, August 31 2007</ref> | The future outlook amongst many neoconservatives is generally the same, although [[Francis Fukuyama]] now holds that the ideology has "evolved into something I can no longer support".<ref>Rupert Cornwell, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-big-question-what-is-neoconservatism-and-how-influential-is-it-today-415637.html, The Big Question: What is neo-conservatism, and how influential is it today?], The Independent, 12th September, 2006</ref>These aims are finishing Iraqi objectives, and maintaining American presence within its borders, targetting Iran, the continuing enlargement of the military both in terms of personnel and equipment, to continue to promote their form of democracy in order to attempt to passify the population of the middle east.<ref>Joshua Muravchik, [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewArticle.cfm/The-Past--Present--and-Future-of-Neoconservatism-10935 The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism], Commentary, October 2007</ref>Specifically [[Robert Kagan]], signatory of the [[Project for the New American Century]] and the [[American Enterprise Institute]], holds that America must maintain its presence in huge numbers within Iraq. In 2006 he defended policy proposals by neoconservative think tanks and the Bush Administration to allow a "surge" of 55,000 American troops to be sent to Iraq to solidify American stranglehold within the country. This would then increase American presence alone in the country to 200,000 and mean that this number will not drop until 2009 at the earliest.<ref>BarbinMD, [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/12/17/8473/9725 Fred Kagan Explains "The Surge"], Daily Kos: State of the Nation, December 17, 2006</ref><ref>Michel Chossudovsky, [http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20070126&articleId=4599 "Surge" or "Involuntary" Military Conscription: The Neo-Conservative Architects of Military Escalation], Global Research, January 26 2007</ref>Although the Bush Administration is currently heading for a sharp exit from the political stageshow, neoconservatism is set to carry on with the show exploiting the daily fears of the American public, and in particular their security fears around the possiblity of another 9/11, as well as emphasising its objective in Iraq.<ref>Stephen Eric Bronner, [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/stephen_eric_bronner/2007/08/is_neoconservatism_dead.html, Is Neoconservatism Dead?], Guardian, August 31 2007</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:00, 15 November 2017
 Neoconservatism    | |
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| Type | ideology |
| Interest of | • Chris Bryant • Kim Campbell • Thérèse Delpech • New Culture Forum |
Contents
History
Origins
The term 'neoconservative' was coined in the 1970s to describe a group of American liberals whose hawkish foreign policy views and scepticism about the welfare state led them to become estranged from the majority of their fellows on the left. For Irving Kristol, a former Trotskyite who became the archetypal figure in the movement, neoconservatives were "liberals who were mugged by reality."[1][2] Other key founders include Norman Podhoretz, Nathan Glazer, Daniel Bell, James Q. Wilson, and Seymour Martin Lipset. [3]
George McGovern's Democratic Presidential candidacy was a turning point in the neoconservatives' relationship with the party.[4]This disagreement with McGovern had come from his advocation of withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. Another reason for their growingacceptance as Republican conservatives was their previous criticism and opposition to President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society proposals during the 1960s.[5]
Reagan Administration
It wasn't until the early 1980s that the neoconservatives began having a great impact, with Ronald Reagan's election to the US presidency. Within his administration he included future Project for the New American Century neoconservatives, Paul Wolfowitz, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Elliott Abrams, Mark Kampelman, Richard N. Perle, as well as Donald Rumsfeld who all supported his anti-communist policies.[6][7]
George W. Bush administration
When President George W. Bush came to power in 2001, he appointed Donald Rumsfeld as Defense secretary, as well as appointing Paul Wolfowitz and many other neoconservative thinkers into various positions of influence within his administration.[8]
Aims
Their aims were orginally focused on challenging the domestic policies of President Lyndon Johnson during the 1960's, specifically his great society proposals, and others concerning a welfare state. [9]Neoconservatives then moved onto foreign policy where they became radically against communism, and later in the 21st century against any state which they presupposed had any form of threat to what they saw as American interests, and its dominance.[10]This is done by focusing on "the battle of ideas and ideologies, and on the psychological impact of these policies" within a society as well as reconstituting the American military in order to physically endorse their foreign policies.[11]
Future Outlook
The future outlook amongst many neoconservatives is generally the same, although Francis Fukuyama now holds that the ideology has "evolved into something I can no longer support".[12]These aims are finishing Iraqi objectives, and maintaining American presence within its borders, targetting Iran, the continuing enlargement of the military both in terms of personnel and equipment, to continue to promote their form of democracy in order to attempt to passify the population of the middle east.[13]Specifically Robert Kagan, signatory of the Project for the New American Century and the American Enterprise Institute, holds that America must maintain its presence in huge numbers within Iraq. In 2006 he defended policy proposals by neoconservative think tanks and the Bush Administration to allow a "surge" of 55,000 American troops to be sent to Iraq to solidify American stranglehold within the country. This would then increase American presence alone in the country to 200,000 and mean that this number will not drop until 2009 at the earliest.[14][15]Although the Bush Administration is currently heading for a sharp exit from the political stageshow, neoconservatism is set to carry on with the show exploiting the daily fears of the American public, and in particular their security fears around the possiblity of another 9/11, as well as emphasising its objective in Iraq.[16]
Criticism
Examples
| Page name | Description |
|---|---|
| Ziad Abdelnour | A neoconservative financier who was disciplined by the SEC. |
| Elliott Abrams | A deep politician heavily involved in the Iran-Contra affair, given a pardon by George H. W. Bush |
| Kenneth Adelman | Neocon deep state operative US/Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations for 4 years |
| Alexandre Adler | French neoconservative academic and media pundit. |
| Anne Applebaum | Integrity Initiative/Cluster/UK/Inner Core, didn’t think that Hunter Biden's laptop qualified as a major news story. |
| Arnold Beichman | US neocon academic who attended a lot of spooky colloquia |
| John Bolton | Neocon US deep state operative who was Trump's National Security Advisor until September 2019 |
| Roy Brown | |
| James Burnham | "The first neoconservative", spooky propagandist philosopher |
| Con Coughlin | Foreign editor of the Daily Telegraph best known for receiving stories directly from MI6, including that Saddam Hussein could launch weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes. |
| Christopher DeMuth | President of the American Enterprise Institute. |
| Midge Decter | Neocon "polemical powerhouse" |
| Giselle Donnelly | Neocon proponent of long-term U.S. military engagement abroad |
| Rachel Ehrenfeld | |
| David Frum | Neoconservative deep state operative who coined the phrase "axis of evil" |
| Frank Gaffney | Described as "one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes" |
| Jeffrey Gedmin | US spooky/hawkish neoconservative academic |
| Marc Ginsberg | |
| Dean Godson | Director of Policy Exchange |
| John Hannah | Neocon senior aide on "national security" to Dick Cheney |
| Gertrude Himmelfarb | US neocon historian and cultural critic. Marries neocon godfather Irving Kristol, mother of William Kristol |
| David Horowitz | |
| Saad Eddin Ibrahim | Egyptian neoconservative sociologist |
| Robert Kagan | Co-founder of the Project for the New American Century |
| Adam Kinzinger | WEF YGL YGL neoconservative US politician; the "Quintessential American Idiot". |
| Jeane Kirkpatrick | Neocon "terror expert", US Ambassador to the UN, Washington Conference on International Terrorism... |
| Charles Krauthammer | Single Bilderberger Washington Conference on International Terrorism visitor |
| Bill Kristol | Hawkish neonconservative |
| Irving Kristol | "The Godfather of Neoconservatism" |
| Michael Ledeen | "Washington's neoconservative guru", Bilderberg, Le Cercle... |
| Scooter Libby | US deep state actor. Indicted on five counts, convicted on four, 30 months in prison |
| Lincoln Project | Neocon Anti Trump organisation. |
| Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens | |
| Douglas Murray | A neocon "terror expert" |
| Neocon Europe | |
| Richard Perle | "widely considered a core representative of the neoconservative political faction" |
| Daniel Pipes | Arch-Zionist and neoconservative intellectual and commentator |
| Danielle Pletka | Hawkish neoconservative academic, champion for Ahmad Chalabi |
| Norman Podhoretz | One of the founding fathers of the neoconservative movement |
| David Pryce-Jones | |
| Nina Rosenwald | Influential neoconservative and operator in many activities of the pro-Israel lobby in the US |
| Tashbih Sayyed | |
| Randy Scheunemann | US neocon foreign policy advisor to presidential candidate John McCain. |
| Natan Sharansky | Former dissident of the Soviet Union, neocon, Bilderberg, Le Cercle |
| Bret Stephens | Neoconservative writer at the New York Times |
| Leo Strauss | "The father of neoconservatism" |
| Marc Thiessen | Chief Speechwriter to George W. Bush from 2004-2008 and as Chief Speechwriter to Donald Rumsfeld from 2001-2004. |
| Vin Weber | Adviser to 2008 US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney |
| James Q. Wilson | Provided guidance on how best to coordinate the national war on drugs. |
| Albert Wohlstetter | Neoconservative, long time director of the Rand Corporation |
| ... further results | |
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ziad Abdelnour | “Iran's going to be finished and every single Arab regime that's like this will be finished. Because there is no room for us capitalists and multinationalists in the world to operate with regimes like this. Its all about money. And power. And wealth... and democracy has to be spread around the world. Those who want to espouse globalization are going to make a lot of money, be happy, their families will be happy. And those who aren't going to play this game are going to be crushed, whether they like it or not! This is how we rule. And this is how it's going to be as long as you have people who think like me.” | Ziad Abdelnour | 18 November 2005 |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Britain’s delusions that it could take on the Taliban alone are ludicrous - what are our empire-nostalgic MPs smoking? | Article | 19 August 2021 | Tom Fowdy | The UK Parliament was recalled for an emergency debate over the Afghanistan/2021 withdraw. While the BBC focused on the divide between the sides of the house with their face mask wearing, Parliament was united against the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan. Most MPs are urging Boris Johnson to go back to Afghanistan, and take on the Taliban, alone if necessary. |
| Document:Ukraine is the latest neocon disaster | Article | 27 June 2022 | Jeffrey Sachs | The same neocons who turned the Middle East into a disaster area are now creating a similar catastrophe in Ukraine – for Ukrainians and for the rest of the world, argues Prof Jeffrey Sachs<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> |
References
- ↑ Joshua Muravchik, The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism, Commentary, October, 2007.
- ↑ Rupert Cornwell, The Big Question: What is neo-conservatism, and how influential is it today?, The Independent, 12th September, 2006
- ↑ Gary North, An Introduction to Neoconservatism, LewRockwell, June 10th, 2003,
- ↑ Rupert Cornwell, The Big Question: What is neo-conservatism, and how influential is it today?, The Independent, 12th September, 2006
- ↑ Joshua Muravchik, The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism, Commentary, October, 2007,
- ↑ Rupert Cornwell, The Big Question: What is neo-conservatism, and how influential is it today?, The Independent, 12th September, 2006
- ↑ Joshua Muravchik, The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism, Commentary, October, 2007,
- ↑ Joshua Muravchik, The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism, Commentary, October, 2007,
- ↑ Joshua Muravchik, The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism, Commentary, October, 2007,
- ↑ Joshua Muravchik, The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism, Commentary, October, 2007,
- ↑ Joshua Muravchik, The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism, Commentary, October, 2007,
- ↑ Rupert Cornwell, The Big Question: What is neo-conservatism, and how influential is it today?, The Independent, 12th September, 2006
- ↑ Joshua Muravchik, The Past, Present and Future of Neoconservatism, Commentary, October 2007
- ↑ BarbinMD, Fred Kagan Explains "The Surge", Daily Kos: State of the Nation, December 17, 2006
- ↑ Michel Chossudovsky, "Surge" or "Involuntary" Military Conscription: The Neo-Conservative Architects of Military Escalation, Global Research, January 26 2007
- ↑ Stephen Eric Bronner, Is Neoconservatism Dead?, Guardian, August 31 2007
