statism generally refers to a policy of lack of personal freedom. Neocons promote personal freedom around the world so the term statism doesn’t fit here. Isolationism does though and that’s always been an arguable point.
I’d just rather spread our system to the world than to have the world crashing our borders. Different strokes for different folks.
You don’t REALLY think that the so-called “neocon” movement is interested in personal liberty do you? They are solely interested in the trappings of power and control, same as the left. Only difference I can see is that they have some slightly different initial goals. That’s all. Neocons are statists just the same as liberal demoncrats are statists.
If you want to spread our way of life, please DON’T try to do it at the point of a bayonet. That makes you no different than the Islamonazis.