1. I admit to being a _bit_ torn about it. Once upon a time, neoconservatism seemed a robust political philosophy, with much red meat (yes, really!). It was a book on Machiavelli by one of its writers, Michael Ledeen, who first interested me in the right side of the spectrum...https://twitter.com/CarolsakelCosta/status/1073709731884163073 …
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Replying to @JimmyLevendia
Many in my family were of the neocon persuasion, so it was a philosophy I was quite familiar with. It never sat right with me. I still went right-wing, but I became something very different.
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Replying to @SkullAndMusket
At that time I didn’t distinguish between the different tendencies and factions within the movement; I had no idea then:) Really, until the Iraq War I didn’t see those internal boundaries definitively.
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Replying to @JimmyLevendia
The Iraq war really began the divide in the American Right-wing which led to Trump. There were many of us (Rightists) who either didn't want war with Iraq, or who at least figured if you're going to fight it, just blow shit up, kill people, and GTFO. No nation-building.
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Nation-building is a very neocon thing to do, and other right-wing factions never liked it. But only recently did it become so comical that they felt they could challenge the neocons on it. Trump basically killed American neoconservatism when he took office.
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American neoconservativism was a walking corpse before Trump came along, Trump just pulled off the mask when he criticized W in response to Jeb! in one of the primary debates Once he said it everyone (except professionally employed GOP pundits) could admit he was right
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