[[File:Anti-Putinism and neoconservativism.PNG|right|400px|thumb|[[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Anti-Putinism]] is a neoconservative movement aimed at [[demonizing]] the Russian leader and promoting the interests of [[Globohomo]] and the [[Uniparty]].<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/2023/08/21/neocon-dark-money-ad-blitz-ukraine-forever-war/ Neocon dark money front launches desperate ad blitz as support for Ukraine forever war craters], Alexander Rubinstein, ''The Greyzone'', August 21, 2023.</ref>]]
A '''neoconservative''' (colloquially, '''''neocon''''') in [[American ]] politics is someone presented as a "[[conservative]]" but who actually favors [[big government]], [[globalism]], [[interventionism]], [[perpetual war]], [[police state]], [[gun control]], and a hostility to [[Religion and U.S. Government|religion in politics and government]]. The [[liberal]]-promoted [[British]] rock band [[Rolling Stones]] released a vulgar song in 2005 criticizing neocons, entitled ''Sweet Neo Con'', in which the clueless Brits falsely confuse neocons with [[Christian]] [[conservative]]s.<ref>https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rollingstones/sweetneocon.html</ref>
"Neoconservative" means "newly conservative," and thus previously self-interested or [[liberal]]. A quip by neocon co-founder Irving Kristol was that a neocon is a '''"liberal mugged by reality"'''. A neocon is typically pro-[[Deep State]] and a [[RINO Backer]], and like [[RINO]]s, does not accept most of the important principles in the [[Republican Party]] platform. Neocons do not emphasize putting [[America First|America first]]. Neocons support attacking and even overthrowing foreign governments, despite how that often results in more persecution of [[Christians]]. Some neocons (like [[Dick Cheney]]) have profited immensely from the [[military-industrial complex]] and their pro-war positions, and his daughter Rep. [[Liz Cheney]] (R-WY) benefits from that neocon fortune while ranting against [[America First]] leaders like [[Donald Trump]]. Many neocons are [[globalist]]s and support the [[War on Sovereignty]]. [[Fox News]] promotes neocons.
Many neocons focus on the Middle East, often invoking [[Israel]] as a justification for endless war, when in fact, the true central justification is to protect the Saudi regime and the [[petrodollar]]. They also favor arming terrorist organizations such as [[al-Qaeda]] and [[ISIS]] in order to achieve their foreign policy goals.
The centerpiece of neocon strategy was to invade [[Iraq]], which left a predictable vacuum that resulted in the murder of many [[Christian]]s there, as well as the rise of [[ISIS]]. During the presidential Republican primaries in 2016, [[Donald Trump]] humiliated the neocons' insistence on the Iraq War, exposed the neocon claim of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as a lie, and routed the neocon-supported [[Marco Rubio]] in his home state of Florida by a wide margin. Despite this, the [[mainstream media]] continues to treat neocons as "experts."<ref>Carlson, Tucker (February 15, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-are-these-professional-war-peddlers-still-around-tucker-carlson-max-boot-bill-kristol/ Why Are These Professional War Peddlers Still Around?] ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.</ref>
In the European nations of [[Britain]] and [[France]], globalists dominate "right"-leaning politics and are sometimes referred to as "neocon," although European globalists tend to be more Eurocentric than Amerocentric. Preserving American [[Imperialism]] in the post-Cold War [[unipolar]] order is the basis of the neocon movement.
In the United States , neocons are less influential than the [[conservative movement]]. For example, neocons begrudgingly supported [[Mitt Romney]] as the Republican nominee for [[Presidential Election 2012|President in 2012]], even though he was not their first choice and Romney has never supported the neocon agenda.
[[File:Nuland and Kagan.png|right|300pc|thumb|Robert Kagan and wife [[Victoria Nuland]].]]
Neoconservatives tend to oppose the appointment of social conservatives to high governmental positions, such as nomination to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. Neoconservatives support candidates who are liberal on social issues instead.
Some prominent spokesmen include [[Bill Kristol]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[Lewis Libby]], [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[Charles Krauthammer]], [[Richard Perle]], [[Robert Kagan]], [[Christopher Hitchens]], [[Bernard Lewis]], [[Stephen Schwartz]], Elliott Abrams, Ben Wattenberg and Carl Gershman.
In contrast to traditional conservatives, neoconservatives favor [[globalism]], downplay religious issues and differences, are unlikely to actively oppose [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]]. Neocons disagree with [[conservatives]] on issues such as classroom prayer, the [[separation of powers]], cultural unity, and [[immigration]]. Neocons favor a strong , active state in world affairs.
On foreign policy, neoconservatives believe that democracy can and should be installed by the [[United States]] around the world, even in Muslim countries such as [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], and [[Syria]].
The original intention of the neocons was regime change in [[Syria]] – the overthrow of [[Bashar Assad]] – without using American troops. Radical Islamic terrorists, many of their leaders supposedly "de-radicalized" while in American detention, were returned to their groups to form new militias armed and trained by American, Turkish, Saudi, and Qatari Special Operations Forces and advisors. By removing the Syrian Alawite regime aligned with [[Iran]], the hope was to rid Syria of [[Hezbollah]], a 10,000 man force which is directly under the command and control of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and deemed a threat to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Gulf states.
The [[Benghazi massacre]] , however, slowed the progress of arming the Syrian jihadis, now dubbed "moderate rebels" by the Obama administration and its sycophantic media. The Syrian government gained popular support as the people of Syria witnessed foreign jihadis backed by the Obama administration and its allies, flood Syria with psychotic killers and weapons. With a quick resolution not in the offing, Russian troops intervened preventing the Obama administration from establishing a no-fly zone to aid its radical jihadis on the ground to overthrow the government, as had been done in [[Libya]].
== Neoconservatism and Donald Trump ==