I'm not a neocon. Lifelong conservative Republican and likely much older than you.
I never said you were. But Rummy, Cheney and Wolfie are. As well as many of his backers. To that, there is no doubt.
Maybe you're older. It's not relevant to the topic.
I don't care to be a lifelong Republican. I agree with Washington that one of the worst things to happen to America is political parties. It would be better if people ran as individuals and we judged them based on their fealty to the Constitution rather than a party platform (which is meaningless these days as well). Blind party loyalty has helped destroy much of our Constitutional Republic (especially this deceitful "two-party" system that monopolizes power and prevents dissent).
In 1994, I bought the whole "Contract with America" "Republican Revolution" thing. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me 3000 times, shame on me."