In easy terms.. What is the difference between

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neocons and republicans?

[ComerPerro]

1. Apparently Republicans are "classic" conservatives

While Neocons are rabid PNACers and are overall assholes who are hellbent on bankrupting the nation and redistributing all the wealth to the top percent.

But, Honestly, based on voting records and support of the neocon agenda, I dont believe that there is a damn bit of difference between neocons and Republicans.

Frankly, I don't care if there is one. The Republicans chose to ally themselves with the neocons, so everything they profess to believe in (small government, balanced budgets) is just window dressing to lure suckers into supporting them.

Its all a complete load of shit.


Neocons run the country, and Repulicans are pathetic sycophants.

[bryant69]

2. Neocons or Neo-Conservatives

are a subset of Republicans. I think their biggest attribute is the idea that the United States can, through force of will and arms, recreate the Middle East into a more friendly region. THey favor an expansionist foreign policy (some would say imperialistic), which distinguishes them from more traditional republicans who often had isolationist leanings.

Of course at this point, it's basically an epithat that can be thrown at any conservative. And conservatives claim that it is a synonym for Jew and our use of it marks us as anti-semites (which, I need hardly say, is total crap).

Bryant
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3. As far as I can tell...

"Neocons" are just "neoliberals" who believe in American dominance, rather than a dominance of international agencies, and acheiving the goals of neoliberalism through military and police action.

Where they most differ from the rest of Republicans, who are sometimes called "paleocons" is in advocating nation-building foreign policy and in supporting a very large military, at taxpayer expense.