"Neoconservative": Dismantling the Myths

Much has been made of the term "neocon" in recent years -- In the January/February issue of Foreign Policy, Max Boot dismantles the half-truths and myths surrounding the inappropriately-applied political label:

A cabal of neoconservatives has hijacked the Bush administration’s foreign policy and transformed the world’s sole superpower into a unilateral monster. Say what? In truth, stories about the “neocon” ascendancy—and the group’s insidious intent to wage preemptive wars across the globe—have been much exaggerated. And by telling such tall tales, critics have twisted the neocons’ identities and thinking on U.S. foreign policy into an unrecognizable caricature. . . .

I'd blogged about this briefly as well, back in September.