btw, "neo" means "new." And I'm not, in any sense of the word. :)
Wow, that is real useful commentary there. I admit freely I am no neo-con.
I first heard Levin Fall 2003 subbing for Rush making fun of Howard Dean and liked him. I read his book ‘Men in Black’ and liked it too but about the time he was hawking his dog book (”My Life with Ruff”) on his show I was questioning his statements on Bush . By this last book I realized much of his defense of Bush were untrue.
The neo-cons lied to us, not just going to Iraq, but how they mismanaged it. Bush refused to ask his republican congress for money for the surge, he waited until after the 2006 election loss to demand the new democrat congress for the money. (That way it was Pelosi's debt, cute HUH? Why didnt that sell?) Until then he said "everything is fine, stay the course".
If he had fought to win in 2004 he may have lost the election, but he would be the brave hero you imagine,