On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 06:52:46 GMT, Strabo wrote:


Neocon - literally a 'new conservative'; a self-styled "new type"
of conservative; a restructured Republican in the style of Newt
Gingrich from the days of the "republican revolution".

Neocons:

- believe in a powerful federal government;

- believe the ends justify the means;

- believe in preemptive war and the naked use of military force
to achieve any desired ends;

- believe certain facts should be known only by a political
and military elite, and withheld from the general public;

- openly endorse the idea of an American empire, and hence
unapologetically call for imperialism;

- are very willing to use force to impose American
ideals;

- scoff at the Founding Fathers' belief in neutrality in foreign
affairs;

- believe 9/11 resulted from a lack of foreign entanglement;

- are willing to redraw the map of the Middle East by force,
while unconditionally supporting Israel and the Likud Party;

- view civil liberties as unnecessary restrictions on the federal
government;

- despise libertarians and liberals and dismiss any arguement
based on constitutional grounds;

This description is based upon my observations, the writings of
congressman Ron Paul and of course from the writings of the
neocons.

Oddly enough..with only a couple deviations, this sounds like your run
of the mill extremist Liberal.

Gunner

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's
cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays
there.
- George Orwell