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Reader comment on item: A Neo-Conservative's Caution
Submitted by Scott Adler (United States), Mar 9, 2005 at 15:30
The term "neo-conservative" originally meant "a former liberal mugged by reality." The context was the Cold War (World War III) and 50,000 Soviet tanks and academic historical revisionism to support the Soviet cause. It had nothing to do with banning abortion, ruining Social Security, or preventing those in credit card hell from declaring bankruptcy (check the back pages of your daily paper). It now includes those who are concerned with Islamist expansionism and another wave of historical revisionism to support that cause as well. It is a shame that Neo-Conservatism is being used on one hand as an excuse for an absurdly reactionary domestic policy on one hand and as a sub-text for "Zionist Occupation Government" on the other.Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".
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| 1 | Looking Back [38 words] | Nobody | Feb 1, 2011 22:48 | 182196 | |
| Embracing the Brotherhood [1120 words] | Raymond Moore | Dec 18, 2005 10:10 | 30136 | ||
| 1 |  Muslim Brotherhood [14 words] | SirSeth | Dec 30, 2005 04:12 | 30136 | |
| Neo conservatism caution [93 words] | steven l | Nov 26, 2005 17:35 | 28874 | ||
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| A liberal's views [104 words] | Robshapaz | Apr 28, 2005 11:35 | 21871 | ||
| Quote Regarding Chile 1970 Reference [97 words] | Pamela Beck | Apr 4, 2005 11:04 | 21326 | ||
| Gujrat Chief Minister [103 words] | Emmanuel P | Apr 2, 2005 08:15 | 21302 | ||
| DP Not a Neo-con [204 words] | GW | Mar 19, 2005 21:13 | 21068 | ||
| Gujarat Chief ministers' visit [508 words] | Ray | Mar 18, 2005 23:49 | 21063 | ||
| NEOCONS UNITE ! [92 words] | Randy Sizemore | Mar 18, 2005 22:13 | 21062 | ||
| Chief minister of Gujarat visit to the US [46 words] | A Hindu from Bangladesh | Mar 18, 2005 13:29 | 21058 | ||
| Out with the Shah... [198 words] | Robert B. Arbetman | Mar 13, 2005 15:06 | 20972 | ||
| Old PC games [70 words] | Octavio Johanson | Mar 12, 2005 08:03 | 20961 | ||
| What does Neocon mean? [126 words] | Timothy Lane | Mar 11, 2005 23:55 | 20960 | ||
| ...sugar is sweet, but this "neo" fad is making me sick. [47 words] | Nathan | Mar 27, 2006 08:18 | 20960 | ||
| SUI GENERIS? [61 words] | David Guy | Mar 11, 2005 14:47 | 20959 | ||
| Neocon versus paleocon [53 words] | McGroarty | Mar 11, 2005 13:05 | 20955 | ||
| Is there a definition to a Neo Conservative? [175 words] | Abir Chaaban | Mar 11, 2005 08:39 | 20952 | ||
| Question [27 words] | Neila Charchour Hachicha | Mar 10, 2005 19:19 | 20949 | ||
| Encouraging Islamic Reformation [148 words] | Lorenzo | Mar 10, 2005 15:07 | 20948 | ||
| Caution isn't enough [34 words] | Ted Siman | Mar 10, 2005 13:54 | 20947 | ||
| Irrational Exuberance? by John Derbyshire [59 words] | Mr. Downtown | Mar 10, 2005 10:02 | 20944 | ||
| Caution First, Euphoria Much Later [79 words] | Vivian E. Wolfe | Mar 10, 2005 05:40 | 20941 | ||
| Out of the frying pan into the fire? [14 words] | Lenn Chow | Mar 9, 2005 22:58 | 20937 | ||
| You could not be more correct. [197 words] | H. Yazdi | Mar 9, 2005 21:04 | 20936 | ||
| I Agree 100% [18 words] | Alex | Mar 9, 2005 20:38 | 20935 | ||
| Caution Tale for the Neocons. [502 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Mar 9, 2005 18:33 | 20933 | ||
| History Demands Respect [383 words] | Daniel W. Weil | Mar 9, 2005 17:43 | 20931 | |
| Neo-conservative or just clever? [34 words] | Octavio Johanson | Mar 9, 2005 17:12 | 20930 | ||
| Golden Opportunity missed! [125 words] | vincent villano | Mar 9, 2005 16:14 | 20929 | ||
| Neo Cons / Israel [220 words] | D Sag | Mar 9, 2005 16:09 | 20928 | ||
| Why worry? [63 words] | Bill | Mar 9, 2005 16:08 | 20927 | ||
 Dictionary definition [119 words] | Scott Adler | Mar 9, 2005 15:30 | 20926 | ||
| From frying pan to the fire; [131 words] | Goerge Frankl | Mar 9, 2005 14:38 | 20924 | ||
| Condemning the Neocons: classic propaganda [128 words] | John | Mar 9, 2005 14:35 | 20923 | ||
| Islam behind Democracy [344 words] | A Hindu from Bangladesh | Mar 9, 2005 14:09 | 20922 | ||
| Ignoring the danger signals [64 words] | Ronald Rothman | Mar 9, 2005 13:55 | 20921 | ||
| Syria and Hezbollah [79 words] | B. Alotaibi | Mar 9, 2005 13:40 | 20920 | ||
| Constitutions [91 words] | Craig | Mar 9, 2005 13:11 | 20918 | ||
| Why did we drain the swamp only to find ourselves up to our "rears" in aligators [122 words] | Cindy Conner | Mar 9, 2005 11:20 | 20915 | ||
| Neo Conservative [34 words] | Paul Rinderle | Mar 9, 2005 09:58 | 20914 | ||
| Replacing autocrats with democrats [100 words] | Louisa | Mar 9, 2005 09:34 | 20910 | ||
| neo conservative [9 words] | Michael | Mar 9, 2005 08:27 | 20908 | ||
| Neo-Conservatism and Islam [13 words] | Brandy Hans | Mar 9, 2005 07:23 | 20906 | ||
| AOL Mardh 9th report on Lebanon shows anti-Israel bias [54 words] | lila Imas | Mar 9, 2005 05:05 | 20903 | ||
| Thinking outside the box [351 words] | Kenneth Sikorski | Mar 9, 2005 04:21 | 20902 | ||
| Perhaps the rule of law is the Greater Need [266 words] | Jon | Mar 9, 2005 04:10 | 20901 | ||
| Neocon subtext [66 words] | Marvin Rabinovitch | Mar 9, 2005 03:18 | 20900 | ||
| Changes in Transition Period [689 words] | Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim | Mar 9, 2005 02:20 | 20899 | ||
| Islamist government is not necessarily a threat per se [367 words] | Seb Dakin | Mar 9, 2005 01:46 | 20898 | ||
| You have been labelled a neo-conservative [101 words] | Octavio Johanson | Mar 9, 2005 01:19 | 20897 | ||
| Democracy v Republic [68 words] | Raymond Singer | Mar 9, 2005 01:12 | 20896 | ||
| Steps? What steps? [57 words] | Wayne Wagner | Mar 9, 2005 00:57 | 20895 | ||
| Adam is Right [4 words] | Geoff | Mar 9, 2005 00:25 | 20894 | ||
| Neo Caution [141 words] | J. Glueck | Mar 8, 2005 23:26 | 20893 | ||
| Mercilessly convincing [29 words] | Emmanuel Pratt | Mar 8, 2005 22:36 | 20891 | ||
| Definition of neo-conservative [128 words] | Adam Weinrich | Mar 8, 2005 22:34 | 20890 | ||
| Reality [31 words] | Joel Kirstein | Mar 8, 2005 21:56 | 20889 | ||
| Great article [18 words] | pat tharp | Mar 8, 2005 21:08 | 20888 | ||
| Brilliant insights [3 words] | Jeff Perren | Mar 8, 2005 20:57 | 20887 | ||
| "Honesty?" Honestly! [166 words] | Alan Nitikman | Mar 8, 2005 20:49 | 20886 | ||
| You can't make anything out of cookie dough except cookies [377 words] | Peter J. Herz | Mar 8, 2005 20:22 | 20885 | ||
| Cynical Skeptics Unite!! [289 words] | Darwin Barrett | Mar 8, 2005 20:13 | 20884 | ||
| Islamists [51 words] | Donald W. Bales | Mar 8, 2005 20:02 | 20883 | ||
| Russia [33 words] | Richard Valier | Mar 8, 2005 18:56 | 20882 | |
| Not too random responses [70 words] | Howard J Schwartz | Mar 8, 2005 18:04 | 20881 | ||
| Euphoria too Soon [76 words] | Allen Ginsburgh | Mar 8, 2005 18:03 | 20880 | ||
| As always, you are so right! [26 words] | Isaac | Mar 8, 2005 17:45 | 20879 | ||
| Funding for other groups [121 words] | David W. Lincoln | Mar 8, 2005 17:26 | 20878 | ||
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