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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.  Many neocons had been liberals in their youth and admired President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].  

A '''neoconservative''' (also spelled neo-"conservative"; colloquially, ''neocon'') in American politics is someone presented as a [[conservative]] but who actually favors big government, interventionism, and a hostility to religion in politics and government.  The word means "newly conservative," and thus formerly liberal.  Many neocons had been liberals in their youth and admired President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].  

The defining position of a neoconservative is advocacy of an American foreign policy that seeks to install democracy in other nations.  That reflects both their emphasis on foreign policy and their downplaying the significance of the differences in cultures and religion around the globe.  The neoconservative position was discredited in the failure of democracy in the Iranian elections of 2009.

The defining position of a neoconservative is advocacy of an American foreign policy that seeks to install governments subservient to American and Israeli interests in other nations under the pretext of "bringing democracy".  That reflects both their emphasis on foreign policy and their downplaying the significance of the differences in cultures and religion around the globe.  The neoconservative position has been widely rejected by liberals and traditional conservatives alike.  

The neoconservative movement emerged in the mid 1970s, played a limited role in the [[Ronald Reagan]] Administration, and then had a voice in the Defense Department under the [[George W. Bush]] Administration after 2001.  

The neoconservative movement emerged in the mid 1970s, played a limited role in the [[Ronald Reagan]] Administration, and then had a voice in the Defense Department under the [[George W. Bush]] Administration after 2001.