I'm afraid he does.
>>>>>>So Kristol can write about neoconservatism, but you're not allowed to say the word "neoconservative" on pain of being called an antisemite. And there are types anxious to remind you of your speech restrictions.
You are exactly right!
And thanks for the reminder about the neocons' shameful record on the Balkans. (Buchanan was foursquare against the US war on Serbia, as you probably recall).
Biden, Albright, McCain--all needed the "cover" provided by the "intellectual" wing of the neocons in order to muscle Willie Jeff into the fight. I guess I'll find Bennett in there, too? Disappointing.
If you look over the whole ghastly business (and now having the Albanian Muslims to deal with, much more powerful than before)--it's like we entered that conflict with the general purpose of showing the Muslims how nice we could be to them.
Now we get the spectacle of 800-yr-old Eastern Orthodox churches being burned, one by one, until there will be none left in the Balkans.
But no one ever holds the neos accountable...They call me paleo here at times, I don't much care, but I'm really for a post-neo conservatism.
As for Pat, he only has the currency they give him--he'd be a complete nobody without his angry opposition. I regard him as an irrelevancy. I want new, young, non-neo pundits who write with dash and vigor.
I also find it very telling how much the neos hate Ann Coulter.