http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/neocons/ en-us Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:01:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094228/posts Conservatism Can Be Revived: Unmasking Neocons Just a Beginning By Joseph Baldacchino Despite the apparent momentum of the Republican Party in the presidential race, it is clear that the party is tottering on the edge of intellectual and moral bankruptcy. Americans by overwhelming margins have had their fill of the George W. Bush Administration, and they have little faith in the GOP's nominee to succeed Bush. It is only because the Democrats have put forth a candidate who raises even more serious doubts that the Republicans may be able to avert electoral disaster. Americans are tired of the Administration’s policy... www.nhinet.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094228/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:01:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083264/posts The neocons' Palin project Patrick J. Buchanan, Creators Syndicate, Inc. Monday, September 15, 2008 Will the neocons who tutored President Bush in the ideology he pursued to the ruin of his presidency do the same for GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin? Should they succeed, they will destroy her. Yet, they are moving even now to capture this princess of the right and hope of the party. In St. Paul, Palin was told to cancel a meeting with Phyllis Schlafly and pro-life conservatives. McCain's operatives said Palin had to rest for her Wednesday convention speech. Yet, on Tuesday, Palin was... SF Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083264/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:50:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081517/posts Neoconservatives whose influence had been waning in Washington have hitched their colours to rising star Sarah Palin in a bid to shape US foreign policy for another decade. Comments by the governor of Alaska in her first television interview, in which she said Nato may have to go to war with Russia and took a tough line on Iran's nuclear programme, were the result of two weeks of briefings by neoconservatives. Sources in the McCain camp, the Republican Party and Washington think tanks say Mrs Palin was identified as a potential future leader of the neoconservative cause in June 2007.... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081517/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:24:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081135/posts Naming Palin's pro-Israel views and twisting her comments on a "war" with Russia, MSNBC's Chris Matthews accuses the McCain campaign of "indoctrinating" her into a neoconservative. Matthews makes his claims while interviewing Former Alaska Gov. and Palin opponent Tony Knowles. "Do you think she's being submitted to [an] indoctrination program, she talked last night with Charlie Gibson like a real full-blown neoconservative." "Where do you think she is getting this from? Is she getting this from Randy Scheunemann, the neoconservative lobbyist or former lobbyist for the government of Georgia." "Is she willing to simply repeat, recite, parrot if you will... Political Hub http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081135/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:34:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2080923/posts -- snip -- Watching The Big Lebowski in 2008, it becomes clear that appreciating Walter is essential to understanding what the Coen brothers are up to in this movie, which is slyer, more political, and more prescient than many of its fans have recognized. Perhaps that's because Walter, with his bellowing, Old Testament righteousness and his deeply entrenched militarism, is an American type that barely registered on the pop-culture landscape 10 years ago. He's a neocon -- snip -- Is this eerie foreshadowing of the second Iraq war coincidental? Not entirely. The Coen brothers created a character with traits... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2080923/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:04:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078034/posts A must-read debate about our foreign-policy future. Does realism offer the best solutions to today’s threats? Or will neoconservatism be responsible for our policy triumphs? The choice is clear after eight years of failed Bush policies, says Walt, but Muravchik thinks the House of Kristol may well be vindicated. The Future is Neocon Joshua Muravchik TO COMPARE the records of realism and neoconservatism we must first define our terms. Realism consists of two mutually contradictory propositions. One holds that states are bound to behave according to their innate interests. Thus, Hans Morgenthau argued that politics is “governed by objective laws”... National Interest http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078034/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:49:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067943/posts Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic writer is worried about Iran and Israel. His worry is not the usual one. Although Goldberg is an American Jew so committed to Israel that he served in the IDF, he is worried about what an Israeli attack on Iran would mean for America, specifically for American Jews. "The problem is simple: Muslim extremists often conflate Israel and the Diaspora. They do this for two reasons: One, they are anti-Semites, and so tend to see all Jews, and not merely 'Zionists,' as their enemies; the second is a practical one - it is easy to strike... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067943/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:30:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060020/posts WARSAW -- Polish analysts and a part of the political scene are linking the South Ossetia crisis to that in Kosovo, Beta says. The current armed conflict in the breakaway Georgian region is seen as the Russian answer to the western recognition of Kosovo Albanians' unilateral declaration of independence, the Polish media are saying. "This is the Russian answer to the recognition of Kosovo. That recognition was in fact a gift to Russia," Polish People's Party European MP Janusz Wojciechowski told TVN24. Wojciechowski, whose party is a partner in Donald Tusk's cabinet, warned that the case of Kosovo, where a... B92 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060020/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:29:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059556/posts WARSAW -- Polish analysts and a part of the political scene are linking the South Ossetia crisis to that in Kosovo, Beta says. The current armed conflict in the breakaway Georgian region is seen as the Russian answer to the western recognition of Kosovo Albanians' unilateral declaration of independence, the Polish media are saying. "This is the Russian answer to the recognition of Kosovo. That recognition was in fact a gift to Russia," Polish People's Party European MP Janusz Wojciechowski told TVN24. Wojciechowski, whose party is a partner in Donald Tusk's cabinet, warned that the case of Kosovo, where a... B92 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059556/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:27:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059628/posts Along with military aggression, the Russian Federation is blocking Georgian internet portals. On request of the President of Georgia, President of the Republic of Poland has provided the website of the President of Poland for dissemination of information. If you like to see the latest news and statements published by the Presidenty of Georgia, or Georgian MFA - click http://www.president.pl/x.node?id=479(on the right side of the web-site) www.president.pl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059628/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:27:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2053979/posts I watched Ron Paul on Glenn Beck today and as usual I was amazed that he is just about the only politician in Washington talking about the real issues. Neither McCain nor Obama will talk about monetary policy. They are scared to, because they know the system we have is unconstitutional and that the only way to fix things is to go back to constitutional money. But that would hurt, so it wouldn't be prudent to bring it up... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2053979/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052660/posts The dangers inherent in the foreign policy advocated by the neo-conservatives are well known. While many Americans have become increasingly aware of those dangers, far less attention has been focused on the dangers of neo-conservative economic policies. This issue is of critical importance right now, because many are mistakenly pointing their fingers at the free market as the culprit behind our current economic plight. There are only a few in elected office who have any real loyalty to free markets and limited government. The agenda of neo-conservatives in the economy calls for a very active central government. Indeed, while there... House.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052660/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:01:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2046981/posts While some might be undecided on who to vote for this coming Election Day, for others it’s a no-brainer. Although the news media would like us to believe otherwise, there is still an enormous political gap between the Left and the Right. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2046981/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:00:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045842/posts Obama campaign site’s outrage du jour: “Jewish neoconservatives” using “U.S. lives and money, to make the world safe for Israel” Contrary to the disclaimer “Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign,” Barack Obama’s campaign can and does exercise editorial control over MyBO by removing content that it deems “objectionable” or “disrespectful.” The following outrage du jour pretty much speaks for itself. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/theodoreziolkowski/gG55NG Off His Axis. (Comments by Ted-Zee-Man) Opinion Watch Joe Klein blogs for Time: “The notion that we could just waltz... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045842/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:06:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042386/posts A number of friends of mine have commented on an odd phenomenon that they have observed-- conservative Republicans they know who are saying that they are going to vote for Barack Obama. It seemed at first to be an isolated fluke, perhaps signifying only that my friends know some strange conservatives. But apparently columnist Robert Novak has encountered the same phenomenon and has coined the term "Obamacons" to describe the conservatives for Senator Obama. Now the San Francisco Chronicle has run a feature article, titled "Some Influential Conservatives Spurn GOP and Endorse Obama." In it they quote various conservatives on... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042386/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:37:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029043/posts IN THE EVENT you haven’t noticed it’s a presidential election year. You can tell by the ever growing flurry of conspiracy theories—not just delicious new ones like Barack Obama’s being some kind of Manchurian Candidate for Jihad, Inc., but ones that, even if they’ve grown old and wormy by now, can be pulled off the shelf and re-issued as a brand-new congressional report. Like the 170-page piece of work just out of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The precarious burden of this report is that the evil crew in the White House systematically exaggerated the threat that Saddam Hussein’s regime posed... Arkansas Democrat-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029043/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:09:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011977/posts Do you know the difference between a conservative and a neoconservative, or neocon? This is not just a question of semantics. It’s far more important than that. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that the future of our country depends on understanding the crucial differences between the two philosophies – and rejecting the latter. All of this was brought home to me most forcefully when a longtime friend sent me a copy of the speech he delivered at the Constitution Party’s annual convention in Missouri last week. I’ll tell you more about John F. McManus and the organization... Chip Wood's Straight Talk Newsletter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011977/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 15:59:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010509/posts So there I was, listening to a few of the major "architects" of the war in Iraq -- Paul Wolfowitz, formerly No. 2 man at the Pentagon under Donald Rumsfeld; Douglas J. Feith, formerly No. 3 man at the Pentagon under Rumsfeld; Peter Rodman, another former senior adviser to Rumsfeld; and Dan Senor, former senior adviser to Paul Bremer of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). They had assembled at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., for a discussion of Feith's new book, "War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism," but what they were... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010509/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 00:54:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1993727/posts Obama's Sunday 2 24 08 speech to ~100 members of the Jewish Community in Cleveland ...It will serve as the BASIS for successful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is at the basis of the 'Neocon Wars for Israel' that BushCheney and the Israel Lobby have been having us fight. Obama has split the Likud/Neocon war criminals from Jews of Conscience everywhere and broken down the walls for ME Peace. Thank you, Barack, and Samantha - YAHOO!!! ...This is it - this is what we need - these are the conceptual underpinnings for the end of the 'war on terror'... Barack Obama: Change We Can Believe In http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1993727/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:55:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1993606/posts Rick Warren's book The Purpose-Driven Life is more than a major bestseller.  It's also the most prominent manifestation of a "seeker-sensitive" movement that's attempting, for all intents and purposes, to redefine evangelical Christianity. The seeker-sensitive movement is a close analogy to the contemporary conservative movement. In both cases, people who ought to be offering timeless truths that can save individuals and societies are instead using market research to craft a product that appeals to consumers, telling them what they want to hear rather than a truth that is initially painful but ultimately liberating.  Even if you are not a Christian,... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1993606/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990829/posts Vid from RidleyReport.com Is it "neoconservative" to spend ourselves into a military collapse? How will we bomb things if we can't buy the bombs? If you cherish our military adventures, take note: We're out of money and Dr. Paul's controlled drawdown may be the only way to prevent a collapse so complete it costs America her ability to project power. http://youtube.com/watch?v=nbFTicFF9eA RidleyReport.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990829/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:55:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1988809/posts At some point in the very near future, the neoconservative moment will cease to exist and conservatism as we know it today will be relegated to the political fringe. The movement's ultimate demise isn't due to its inherent flaws, however (although it has many), but rather from Mother Nature's less poetic spouse, Father Time. The neoconservative moment is going to die of old age within the next quarter century. This is inevitable (and its not like Mr. Rove and Mr. Cheney are in great shape either). So the question now becomes, what takes over as the main rival to American... The Prometheus Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1988809/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:37:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971717/posts In the foreign policy establishment, among progressives of all stripes, and even for significant segments of the conservative movement, "neoconservatism" has come to stand for all that has gone wrong in American foreign policy over the last seven years -- especially in Iraq. Yet much of the criticism misses the mark. For starters, it's worth noting that the president, vice president, secretary of defense, secretary of state and the national security adviser all lacked neoconservative roots. And insofar as neoconservative thinkers influenced Iraq policy, the problem was not with neoconservative principles, but the failure to fully appreciate the implications of... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971717/posts#comment Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:36:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968634/posts As the Bush administration winds down, neoconservatism has become the most feared and reviled intellectual movement in American history. The neoconservatives have become the subject of numerous myths, mostly spread by their numerous detractors. They're seen as dangerous heretics by livid liberals as well as by traditional conservatives such as William F. Buckley Jr. and Patrick Buchanan. So "neocon" has become a handy term of condemnation, routinely deployed to try to silence liberal hawks such as Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut or right-wing interventionists such as former deputy secretary of defense Paul D. Wolfowitz and the former Pentagon official Richard... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968634/posts#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:13:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1967841/posts They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons By Jacob Heilbrunn Doubleday, 320 pages, $26 ...It is about a mindset, one that has been decisively shaped by the Jewish immigrant experience, by the Holocaust, and by the twentieth-century struggle against totalitarianism. . . . [H]owever much they may deny it, neoconservatism is in a decisive respect a Jewish phenomenon, reflecting a subset of Jewish concerns." Some critics have questioned the predominant role played in the movement by Jews, and especially their unstinting support of Israel. Some have even suggested that the neocons' advocacy for war with Iraq was... Chicago Tribune Book Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1967841/posts#comment Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:22:12 GMT