In the thirty years since the end of the Cold War, conservatives of various stripes have, with decidedly mixed results, sought to shape the parameters of the national debate over the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. These include such foreign policy blueprints as...
Neocon Watch
Neocon Nikki Signs Israeli Bombs Urging Israel to Kill Palestinian Civilians
by Daniel McAdams | May 28, 2024 | Neocon Watch
Just when you thought "Neocon Nikki" could not sink any lower, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has posted on Twitter/X a deeply disturbing photo of former Republican presidential candidate - and reportedly in the running for Trump's VP pick - in Israel...
J.D. Vance Condemned Neocons—Then Called for the Same Middle East Policy
by Matthew Petti | May 25, 2024 | Neocon Watch
Sen. J.D. Vance (R–Ohio.) believes that American neoconservatives have caused 40 years of "disasters" in the Middle East. But he's doubling down on exactly the vision they've had all along: an alliance of Israel and Sunni Muslim–led states, backed by U.S. military...
Nuland ‘Sets The Record Straight’ On US Forever Occupation Of Syria
by Tyler Durden | Jan 31, 2024 | Neocon Watch
For several days there has been a flurry of reports in both independent and mainstream media outlets suggesting the US could finally withdraw American troops from Iraq and Syria. These reports spread widely especially before the Sunday drone attack on a US base...
Neocon Freak-Out as Biden Contemplates Iraq/Syria Withdrawal
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 24, 2024 | Neocon Watch
Neocon heads like the Middle East Institute’s Charles Lister’s are exploding with the news today that the Biden Administration may be considering withdrawing from its illegal occupations in both Syria and Iraq. First on Syria. As Lister opines today in Foreign Policy:...
Ron Paul Country is Now Occupied Territory
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 14, 2023 | Neocon Watch
For nearly two decades, Ron Paul was the US Representative for Texas' 14th Congressional District. He navigated the massive storms of 9/11 and the war on Afghanistan, the PATRIOT Act, the Iraq War, the "Arab Spring," the Snowden revelations, and so much more. He...
New Evidence Indicates the US Pushed for Removing Pakistan Prime Minister to End Pakistan’s Neutrality Regarding Ukraine War
by Adam Dick | Aug 9, 2023 | Neocon Watch
A nation’s leader just wanting his nation to stay neutral regarding a war undertaken against another nation by the United States government can set in motion a US government effort to boot that leader from office. A previously secret Pakistan government document...
Who Is the Institute for the Study of War?
by Guy Somerset | Jan 27, 2023 | Neocon Watch
Attention Students! Before we begin, that’s not a typographical error in the title. Whenever one investigates a "think tank," "study group," "not-for-profit," "non-governmental organization," or other such meddlesome troublemakers it needs to start with who rather...
WaPo Neocon Josh Rogan: Republicans Responsible for Ukraine Loss
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 11, 2022 | Neocon Watch
Every time a neocon/warmonger policy produces a disaster - and they always do - the neocon authors of said policy begin canvassing for someone, anyone but them, to blame. So it was with Vietnam, which they are still fighting. It wasn't that it was an idiotic idea to...
Heritage Turns Conservative, Neocons Freak Out
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 15, 2022 | Neocon Watch
The Heritage Foundation is getting carjacked by Beltway neocons after its political arm, Heritage Action, actually embraced fiscal conservatism and opposed the latest round of endless multi-billion dollar giveaways to Europe's most corrupt country, Ukraine. With...
‘Regime Libertarians’ Go Neocon on Ukraine
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 24, 2022 | Neocon Watch
It seems like only yesterday, but it was in fact 19 years ago almost to the day. Nasty little Canadian neocon David Frum scribbled the infamous cover story for the National Review titled "Unpatriotic Conservatives." It was a catchy title and its purpose was...
Biden’s Cuban Missile Crisis
by Jeff Deist | Feb 25, 2022 | Neocon Watch
Joe Biden's perverse legacy, if that term even applies anymore, may well be determined in the coming weeks by his handling of events in Ukraine. He can improve it by showing restraint against the relentless neoconservative chorus. One wonders what the results of...
Hawks Smear War Opponents Again
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Feb 8, 2022 | Neocon Watch
Advocates of an aggressive US foreign policy are again smearing their antiwar opponents. In his latest article on Substack, iconoclastic journalist Glenn Greenwald notes that he "cannot count the number of times" that he has "been accused...
CATO Hires a Neocon Bigot
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 14, 2022 | Neocon Watch
Neocon stench is not confined to the sweaty flatulence of Bill Kristol's writing chambers. Yes it's true that neocons at AEI and Brookings and Heritage and The Free Bacon, etc are all to be expected. It's like going to the zoo and looking into the chimp...
Washington Free Beacon’s Hilarious Meltdown Over Afghanistan
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 17, 2021 | Neocon Watch
I admit I've always had a soft spot for the Washington Free Beacon. Not because I am attracted to their puerile content, mind you, but because I've always associated the name "Free Beacon" with "free bacon," a proposition I believe every American could get...
Should We Celebrate Rumsfeld’s Death?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 1, 2021 | Neocon Watch
Career neocon and warmongering monster Donald Rumsfeld is dead at the age of 88, the news media has reported. Rumsfeld was kind of the Fauci of the early 2000's, a relatively faceless bureaucrat who circumstance selected to serve in a glamorous role as a symbol of the...
Life After Death for the Neoconservatives
by David P. Goldman | Mar 25, 2021 | Neocon Watch
Delusions die hard. The obsession of American foreign policy after the fall of communism was pro-Western democracy in Russia, and the foreign policy establishment has never forgiven Vladimir Putin for returning Russia to the sort of authoritarian governance it has...
Biden Taps Architect of 2014 Ukraine Coup for State Department
by Dave DeCamp | Jan 6, 2021 | Neocon Watch
According to a report from Politico, Joe Biden’s transition team is expected to nominate Victoria Nuland to be the under secretary of state for political affairs for the incoming administration’s State Department. Nuland, who is married to neoconservative Robert...
Senators Liken Hack to Russian Invasion Despite Lack of Proof Moscow Was Involved
by Dave DeCamp | Dec 18, 2020 | Neocon Watch
Despite the lack of evidence that Russia was behind a massive hack that appears to have targeted several US government agencies, US senators are calling for retaliation against Moscow, even likening the cyberattack to an invasion. “This is virtually a declaration of...
Trump (Finally) Hires Neocon Slayer
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 12, 2020 | Neocon Watch
In what may go down in history as a tragic example of "a day late and a dollar short," President Trump today named US combat veteran Col. Douglas Macgregor to be senior advisor to acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller. Trump's recently-fired Defense Secretary...
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