The Neocon is a Dinosaur

Let me begin by stating that the definition of the current Neoconservative is far different than the original founders of the movement. While Irving Kristol and his ilk primarily believed in the union and strategic power between Israel and the United States, the current Neocon has subverted the original intent, into one simple concept; “The United States should rule the world, because we can force people through military might, to bend to our will.”

Kristol’s son William, along with other founders and signers of the Project for the New American Century, stated almost nine years ago (well before Bush was elected) that among other things--

• We need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;
• We need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;
• We need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;
• We need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles.”

The signers of this original charter included among others, Elliott Abrams, Jeb Bush, Dick Cheney, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz.

Since then, this group of erstwhile “nation builders,” along with their front-man, G.W. and his handler, Karl Rove, have been at the center of what is rapidly becoming the worst foreign policy in history. Squandering the Post-9-11 unity of almost the entire world, these people, along with captains of oil, arms manufacturers and the military war complex, created a policy based on fear, threats and innuendo that has not only alienated much of the free world, but expanded government’s role into the lives of private citizens, ballooned the government spending and the deficit, and all but insured a protracted, bloody occupation in the Middle East.

In short, this movement has single-handedly moved our country from being a global citizen that is known for fairness and even-handed foreign policy, to an international bully who chooses military might over diplomacy, while picking and choosing which nations are to be “saved” and transformed into our brand of democracy.

These people, and their Reaganomic style of thinking are dangerous, and should go the way of the dinosaur, to be written about in history books as an example of predatory animals ill-equipped to adapt to a changing environment.

While this concept continues to place a bloated military and government budget above all else, our education and domestic agendas show clear signs of atrophy. While we dedicated ever-inflated budget percentages to our military and “homeland defense,” countries that spend a fraction on the same are becoming global economic threats to our actual national security.

It is time to realize that the day of military expansionism is over. Security does not mean invasion and long-term occupation by military means. What is becoming increasingly evident, is that economic investments into the countries that are most at risk of becoming “rogue nations” bring about far more return and international security than death, destruction and military domination.

Our true power in the world is, and should continue to be our economic mobility, creativity and innovation. Military solutions rarely if ever do anything but create the need for more military solutions. Using the power of the diplomacy and economic investments as a “weapon of choice,” is the way of the future.

It’s time to bid farewell to Neoconservative dinosaur…before they drive the rest of the world to extinction.