Forget Kristol for the moment. You’ve missed the raison d’etre of this article, its writer Carden, and the fact that it was distributed by Consortium News.
CN is a hardcore left, often Marxist, syndication type operation.
Don’t know who Carden is and don’t give a crap. However, he cited “Eric Alterman” as though he was a liberal or something. Alterman is a red, period. He was a writer/reporter for the old maoist-oriented weekly, The Guardian, the U.S. publication.
You can find his name listed at “The Guardian” or “Guardian” page at www.keywiki.org.
Re “neocons”. According to this article, everyone right of Eisenhower is a “neocon” but people like Alterman are never called “NeoComs”. Why is that?
Words have meanings and consequences. We just have to be alert and learned in the psychological warfare/disinformation campaigns of the Left.
This column is a good example to start training on.
I was training on this before I could drink legally in most states.