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A '''neoconservative''' (also spelled "neo-conservative"; colloquially, ''neocon'') in American politics is someone presented as a [[conservative]] but who actually favors big government, interventionalism, and a hostility to religion in politics and government.  The word means "newly conservative," and thus formerly [[liberal]].  A neocon is a type of [[RINO]], and like RINOs does not accept most of the important principles in the Republican Party platform.

A '''neoconservative''' (also spelled "neo-conservative"; colloquially, ''neocon'') in American politics is someone presented as a [[conservative]] but who actually favors big government, interventionalism, and a hostility to religion in politics and government.  The word means "newly conservative," and thus formerly [[liberal]].  A neocon is a type of [[RINO]], and like RINOs does not accept most of the important principles in the Republican Party platform.  Neocons do not participate in the [[March for Life]], stand up for traditional marriage, or advocate other [[conservative]] social values.

Many older neocons had been liberals in their youth and admired President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], while younger neocons are more economically conservative than Roosevelt but like to downplay the social issues.  In 2010 the highest priority of the neoconservatives was to increase military action by the [[United States]] in the [[Middle East]] and [[Afghanistan]], and to expand it to an American confrontation against [[Iran]]; in 2011 their goals include supporting a military attack on [[Libya]], continuing the [[Afghanistan War]] indefinitely, and even suggesting military action against [[Syria]].  There is a revolving door between some neocons and highly paid positions in the defense industry, which may explain the constant neoconservative demands for more wars.

Many older neocons had been liberals in their youth and admired President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], while younger neocons are more economically conservative than Roosevelt but like to downplay the social issues.  In 2010 the highest priority of the neoconservatives was to increase military action by the [[United States]] in the [[Middle East]] and [[Afghanistan]], and to expand it to an American confrontation against [[Iran]]; in 2011 their goals include supporting a military attack on [[Libya]], continuing the [[Afghanistan War]] indefinitely, and even suggesting military action against [[Syria]].  There is a revolving door between some neocons and highly paid positions in the defense industry, which may explain the constant neoconservative demands for more wars.