| − | '''Charles Krauthammer''' is a [[neoconservative]] commentator and author, as well as a regular contributor to the [[Fox News]] show ''[[Special Report with Brit Hume]]'', along with [[Bill Kristol]] and [[Fred Barnes]]. His writings also appear often in the [[Weekly Standard]], the [[Washington Post]], and [[Time magazine]]. In an editorial in the magazine ''Commentary'', Charles Krauthammer wrote that neoconservativism “is the maturation of a governing ideology whose time has come”. The original “fathers of neoconservatism” were “former liberals or leftists”. More recently, they have been joined by “realists, newly mugged by reality”, such as [[Condoleezza Rice]], [[Richard Cheney]] and [[George W. Bush]], who “have given weight to neoconservatism, making it more diverse and, given the newcomers’ past experience, more mature".”.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18654 “The Neoconservative Convergence”], Charles Krauthammer, ''Commentary magazine''</ref> Neoconservatives are generally given credit for planning and creating the rationale for the invasion of Iraq. | + | '''Charles Krauthammer''' is a [[neoconservative]] commentator and author, as well as a regular contributor to the [[Fox News]] show ''[[Special Report with Brit Hume]]'', along with [[Bill Kristol]] and [[Fred Barnes]]. His writings also appear often in the [[Weekly Standard]], the [[Washington Post]], and [[Time magazine]]. In an editorial in the magazine ''Commentary'', Charles Krauthammer wrote that neoconservativism “is the maturation of a governing ideology whose time has come”. The original “fathers of neoconservatism” were “former liberals or leftists”. More recently, they have been joined by “realists, newly mugged by reality”, such as [[Condoleezza Rice]], [[Richard Cheney]] and [[George W. Bush]], who “have given weight to neoconservatism, making it more diverse and, given the newcomers’ past experience, more mature".<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18654 “The Neoconservative Convergence”], Charles Krauthammer, ''Commentary magazine''</ref> Neoconservatives are generally given credit for planning and creating the rationale for the invasion of Iraq. |