Neoconservatism’s Mini-Revival
The great thing about neoconservatism is the way it’s become a universal bogeyman. On the one hand neoconservatives – by which I mean actual neoconservatives – are criticised by the right for their utopian dreams of a better, more liberal, more democratic Arab world; on the other neoconservatives – by which I mean people who generally aren’t neoconservatives at all – are criticised by the left for urging caution in this present Egyptian crisis. Look at these dastardly neocon hypocrites backing Mubarak! It’s a lose-lose moment for neoconservatism. So much so, in fact, that the term has been stripped of almost all meaning and now simply stands for Stuff I