[Poohbah]

This "neo-con" spent eight years in the USMC, helping end the Cold War, and was rejected TWICE to come back on active duty after 9/11.

I don't recall seeing your pathetic sniveling a$$ out there on the ramparts of freedom, sonny boy.

[ex-snook]

"This "neo-con" spent eight years in the USMC, helping end the Cold War, and was rejected TWICE to come back on active duty after 9/11. "

You are a good man. BTW I hold a combat infantryman badge from an earlier war.

[jmc813]

This "neo-con" spent eight years in the USMC

I've been getting really, really confused over this "neo-con" term as of late. You are one of the very few FReepers to describe yourself as such. It seems as if most FReepers claim that there is no such thing as a neo-con.

How would you define the term, especially with regards to domestic policy? I read an article by (I believe) Irving Kristol last week which was a bit unsettling. He claimed that neo-cons accept the growth of government as inevitable.

Kudos for your service in the Corps.

[rdb3]

Don't waste your breath. Those who throw that term around like candy I find to be a loathsome, sorry lot.

They're not worth it. Let them relish in their delusions of grandeur.