The Last of the Neo-Cons
The neo-conservatives who dominated the Bush administration believed that aggressive promotion of democracy abroad was not only moral, and in the American tradition, but in the national interest as well. Barack Obama is unlikely to repeat their mistakes, but, in order to succeed, he will have to save some of their ideals from the ruins of their disastrous policies.
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NEW YORK – With George W. Bush’s presidency about to end, what will happen to the neo-conservatives? Rarely in the history of American politics has a small number of bookish intellectuals had so much influence on foreign policy as the neo-cons had under Bush and his vice president, Dick Cheney, neither of whom are noted for their deep intellectual interests. Most presidents hope to attach some special meaning to their time in office. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, gave neo-con intellectuals the chance to lend their brand of revolutionary idealism to the Bush/Cheney enterprise.