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NEWS ABOUT: neoconservatives

neoconservatives stories: 16 news summaries
OPINION

Afghan Rift?
It's Just 'Smoke and Puffery'

McCain, others inflate controversy so Obama looks weak: Klein

Oct 8, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s been much consternation recently about the supposed break between the White House and Stanley McChrystal over strategy in Afghanistan. But it’s really all “smoke and puffery,” a political ruse perpetrated by John McCain and some neocon compatriots, writes Joe Klein in Time. The... More »

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Afghanistan • John McCain • Joe Klein • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Stanley McChrystal

OPINION

Iran Not Nearly as Crazy as Neocons Claim

Its leaders aren't stupid—and deterrence can work: Greenway

Oct 6, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has no nuclear bomb, but already the old Bush-Cheney chorus has returned to insist it's time for another war in the Middle East. It's true that sanctions may not stop Iran from ramping up its nuclear program, but that doesn't mean that deterrence and diplomacy can't help, writes Boston ... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Israel • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • neoconservatives • deterrent

OPINION

 This Looks 
 Like a Job for 
 the Neocons 

Time for America to start flexing its muscles instead of making deals

Sep 29, 09 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neoconservatives are making a comeback and it's about time, writes Bret Stephens. They're back "because Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il, and Vladimir Putin never went away," Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal, and because the world wants America to use its strength to stop Iran and North... More »

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Vladimir Putin • neocon • foreign policy • Kim Jong Il • neoconservatives

(Newser) - Bill Kristol remembers his late father as a man of a "deep modesty" who "loved intellectual pursuits but always shunned intellectual pretension." Irving Kristol, who died earlier this month at age 89, is generally regarded as the architect of neoconservatism, but the honors he accrued never gave... More »

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Weekly Standard • memorial • right wingers • conservatism • neoconservatives • William Kristol • Irving Kristol

(Newser) - The "usual suspects" in the neoconservative camp are apoplectic at President Obama's behavior at the UN, writes Andrew Sullivan. After all, he had the nerve to "engage foreign powers as equals rather than as subordinates." Obama's critics, of course, see America as always in the right—even... More »

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United Nations • UN General Assembly • Obama administration • President Obama • neoconservatives

appreciation

Counterculture Made Kristol
an Ex-Liberal  

Fear of post-'60s 'moral crisis'  spurred neocon's shift right

Sep 19, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Neoconservative" was originally a label applied to newly conservative ex-liberals and Irving Kristol, the late godfather of the movement, was among the first and finest of the kind, E. J. Dionne writes in the Washington Post. Kristol made a powerful case for "pragmatic liberalist" when he was still... More »

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neocon • conservatism • neoconservatives • William Kristol • counterculture • Irving Kristol

 Neocon 
 Founder 
 Kristol 
 Dead at 89 

A former liberal, he sparked ideas behind the Reagan Revolution

Sep 18, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Irving Kristol, the "godfather" of neoconservatism and a key intellectual force behind the Reagan Revolution, died today from lung cancer in Arlington, Va., the Washington Post reports. He was 89. Once a New York liberal, Kristol grew disaffected with liberalism in the 1940s and founded conservative magazines like... More »

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obituary • Ronald Reagan • neocon • conservatism • neoconservatives • William Kristol

 Obama 'Weakened' by 
 Neocons: bin Laden 

New tape says 'war of attrition' will continue so long as US backs Israel

Sep 14, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is “a weakened man,” says Osama bin Laden in a new audiotape titled “A statement to the American people," citing his retention of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other Bush officials. "The bitter truth is that the neoconservatives continue to cast their heavy... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Israeli lobby • neoconservatives

(Newser) - What does the burgeoning beef between rappers Jay-Z and The Game have in common with US foreign policy? Plenty, writes Marc Lynch in Foreign Policy. Like America, Jay-Z is a hegemon: “Nobody, but nobody, in the hip-hop world has his combination of hard power and soft power.” But... More »

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50 Cent • foreign policy • rapper • rap music • rap rivalry • Jay-Z • The Game • neoconservatives • Jay-ZTV • Nas

OPINION

 Obama Shares 
 McNamara's Fatal Flaw 


Jul 8, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - For some the death of Robert McNamara was the last chapter of a bygone disaster, but as George Will writes, Barack Obama and his team have more in common with the architect of Vietnam than they realize. McNamara's "eerie assuredness pervades the Washington in which he died," writes... More »

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Barack Obama • Vietnam War • George Will • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Robert McNamara

INTERVIEW

Obama Can Lead a Peaceful World: Kissinger

Former secretary of state admires president's early moves

Jul 7, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger has warm words for President Obama, whom he describes as "like a chess player who has opened his game with an unusual opening" in an interview with Der Spiegel. "I have no quarrel with the opening move," he adds. "I... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • State Department • secretary of State • Henry Kissinger • peace • realism • idealism • neoconservatives

OPINION

Obama's Wrong:
He Must Take Sides in Iran

He's deserting the brave revolutionaries:
Krauthammer

Jun 19, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Electoral fraud fueled the protests in Iran, but now there is a full-fledged revolution brewing—and according to Charles Krauthammer, the demonstrators are desperate for just one signal that the US supports them. Instead, President Obama has pledged "dialogue" with a "clerical dictator" and left the green revolutionaries... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • US foreign policy • Tiananmen Square • revolution • green revolution • Iranian politics • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Iranian election

OPINION

Obama's Right:
Pragmatism
Is Only Way

It may anger neocons, but he should keep his hands clean: Stephens

Jun 19, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and his team clearly want to support the Iranian opposition, writes Philip Stephens, and Republicans such as John McCain have hammered the president for not condemning an election viewed as a sham. But for the Financial Times columnist, Obama is striking a shrewd balance between idealism and real-world... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • US foreign policy • foreign policy • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

OPINION

Krauthammer Hails Fox News as 'Alternate Reality'

Krauthammer calls network an American treasure

Jun 10, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Post awarded Charles Krauthammer a prize yesterday, and the veteran neocon columnist used his acceptance speech to praise "the genius of Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes" for the miracle of Fox News. The network "created an alternate reality," he said, offering an alternative to... More »

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New York Post • Fox News • American media • News Corp • cable news • neoconservatives • Charles Krauthammer

OPINION

Bush's Top Neocon Denies Existence of Neocons

To widespread guffaws

Feb 20, 09 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) -  In real life, Richard Perle is the neoconservative mastermind who devised the Bush Doctrine and argued vociferously for the Iraq war. But apparently, Perle lives in a different world, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. At a foreign policy forum yesterday, Perle insisted that:
  • He is
... More »

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Bush administration • Richard Perle • foreign policy • Dana Milbank • neoconservatives • Bush doctrine

Tenet Denies Drunken Rant About 'the Jews'

Pressured CIA chief spilled fears to Saudi prince

Dec 18, 08 2:28 PM CST
(Newser) - George Tenet is vehemently denying a report in a new book that the then-CIA director railed against Bush administration neocons, "referring to them with exaxperation [sic] as, 'the Jews,'" the Atlantic reports. The incident took place in Saudi Prince Bandar's pool after Tenet downed half a bottle of... More »

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CIA • Jews • George Tenet • Prince Bandar bin Sultan • drunk • CIA director • Patrick Tyler • Israeli lobby • neoconservatives

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