Reply #25: Irving Kristol defines neoconservatism [View All]

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Irving Kristol defines neoconservatism in this article from last August. It ends with this paragraph:

The older, traditional elements in the Republican party have difficulty coming to terms with this new reality in foreign affairs, just as they cannot reconcile economic conservatism with social and cultural conservatism. But by one of those accidents historians ponder, our current president and his administration turn out to be quite at home in this new political environment, although it is clear they did not anticipate this role any more than their party as a whole did. As a result, neoconservatism began enjoying a second life, at a time when its obituaries were still being published.

And then there's this tag:

Irving Kristol is author of "Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea."

Brooks should tell his boss that the idea he and his friends came up with is really nothing more than an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. Brooks has really gone off the deep end with this one.

The Neoconservative Persuasion
From the August 25, 2003 issue: What it was, and what it is.
by Irving Kristol
08/25/2003, Volume 008, Issue 47

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/000tzmlw.asp:dunce: