The following article, to the extent that it’s correct, is a refreshing ray of hope for those concerned about the growing influence of the PNAC adherents. Conservative movement veteran Pat Buchanan believes there are many signs that the “neocons” have seen their peak in influence. However, Justin Raimondo from Antiwar.com makes the case that there are plenty of reasons to stay vigilant, and that the neoconservatives will continue to try and advance their goals for a long time to come.
Is the Neoconservative Moment Over?
by Pat Buchanan
June 16, 2003 issue
The American Conservative
The salad days of the neoconservatives, which began with the president�s Axis-of-Evil address in January 2002 and lasted until the fall of Baghdad may be coming to an end. Indeed, it is likely the neoconservatives will never again enjoy the celebrity and cachet in which they reveled in their romp to war on Iraq.
While this is, admittedly, a prediction, it rests on reasonable assumptions. But why should neoconservatism, at the apparent apex of its influence, be on the edge of eclipse?
Answer: the high tide of neoconservatism may have passed because the high tide of American empire may have passed. �World War IV,� the empire project, the great cause of the neocons, seems to have been suspended by the President of the United States.
While we still hear talk of �regime change� in Iran and North Korea, U.S. forces not tied down in occupation duties by the anarchy and chaos in Iraq, are returning home.
The first signal that the apogee of American hegemony in the Middle East has been reached came as U.S. soldiers and marines were completing their triumphant march into Baghdad. Suddenly, all the bellicosity toward Syria from neoconservatives and the Pentagon, stopped, apparently on the orders of the Commander in Chief.
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