I Used To Be a Neocon by Drew O'Neill

[RamboLiberal]

I found this link on a gun forum of all places.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/oneill1.html

Two years ago I was a neocon. I supported Bush’s war on Iraq and I called everyone who didn’t a liberal Kool-aid drinker. I voted for Bush in 2000 and I listened to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and just about any right-winger on the radio that I could get a four-word talking point from to use against liberals. I would say things such as "liberals won’t defend America," "shut up and sing," "freedom is on the march," and "you’re a great American." I supported the war at first because I bought into the lies and propaganda.

I no longer do. I’m a recovering neocon.

The fact is, the neocon movement is a lot like a cult. I don’t remember how I got so involved and the details are hazy on how I got out. I just woke up one day and said "WTF!" and then ran outside to rip the "bring it on" sticker off of my car bumper. What pulled me in to the neocon cult however was a combination of American nationalism and group mentality. It was a time when questioning the government’s response to Iraq divided you between being with your country and government at a time of need, or against them. I wanted to be with them.

So this cult took me in and I watched Fox News, I bought Factor Gear and I was brainwashed into common reflexes for liberals and dissenters. When I heard dissent in the media over Iraq I’d call it liberal bias. If someone presented me any website that mentioned a "war for oil" or the phrase "illegal war" I would blow the site off as conspiracy hogwash. When someone would talk ill of the President and his march to war, I would call them a liberal and anti-American. When someone would say that Saddam was not a threat after I was done calling them part of the liberal "hate America" crowd, I would launch into a diatribe that Saddam was Hitler-like and hell bent on world domination. If someone persisted I would take out my wild card:

"Saddam believes he’s the reincarnation of King Nebuchadnezzar, and he’s harboring Al Queda!"

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And in the end it doesn’t matter if we are liberals or conservatives because all that matters is that we are on the side of the U.S. Constitution and of international law. Both of which have been thrown into the toilet by this administration. At least the Qur’an has company.

[sniffa]

1. wouLd you mind giving the gun Link?

this started at AFW and we've been trying to get it out.. and now we're keeping tabs on where it's showing up. :D

originaL here:

http://alfrankenweb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22563

[RamboLiberal]

2. GlockTalk

http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=387599

Site Link is: http://glocktalk.com/

[sniffa]

4. thank you much

:thumbsup:

[TexasLawyer]

3. Great editorial

This is a good one to e-mail out to friends and family with the request to pass it on. Sooner or later everyone will snap out of their stupor and see what Bush has done to America.

[sniffa]

5. pLease do just that

i'm hoping it becomes one of those annoying emaiLs (for the bad guys) that keeps appearing in inboxes.

you can maiL drew if you wish - he weLcomes the correspondence. :D

[bpilgrim]

6. recommended

thanks for sharing :toast:

peace

[thebigidea]

7. more accurately, wasn't he just a garden variety stooge?

A dupe, not a neocon. That's kind of flattering himself - its not like he was writing policy papers and having conference calls with Bill Kristol.

[sniffa]

8. tsk tsk tsk

why don't you ask him?

[e-mail]

[thebigidea]

9. I did... if there's an answer, i'll post it here.

The neocons are the ones creating the Straussian myths the proles consume - he was just lapping up their lies.

[ixion]

10. while he might not have been an 'executive' neocon, a.k.a. a 'pioneer'

he was one of the throngs who bought into the neocon ideology of Pax Americana, which makes him a neocon, albeit a foot soldier, of sorts.

Just my two cents. :shrug:

[sniffa]

11. he even expLains in his Letter

he was, but a tiny wheeL in the machine.

[SixStrings]

12. What does...

That wierd symbol mean? Instead of a ' you use that thing. Why? How do you do it? What's it mean?
Thanks
Jeff