I think most conservatives take the middle road approach, contrary to the libertarian stereotype of conservatives.
I don’t want any military presence in Europe whatsoever, and I don’t want to meddle with the regional affairs of Russia and such. No business of mine. So I’m not a neocon
You don’t want a remilitarized Europe. Only way to stop that is for the USA to be what Washington declared it ought to be.
I agree.
However, I’d like to point out that neocon has no agreed definition, and most of those accused of being neocons don’t define themselves as such. As used, it tends to just mean anyone more in favor of intervention than I am.
So being opposed to neocons is pretty much a straw man situation.
Let’s face it. Many libertarians and many conservatives maintain caricatures of each other in their minds.
How would you have kept Russia and China from conquering Europe and the world if we hadn’t been part of NATO?