[Jim W N]

I thought the main distinguishing feature of the so-called “neo conservatives” was their love of big government, which is anathema to a true conservative. Is this article true which would fold Rove into the neo-conservative thing? I wouldn’t have known that.

[Psalm 144]

I think the first “neo-conservatives” were responsible for the Tower of Babel.

[lentulusgracchus]

I thought the main distinguishing feature of the so-called “neo conservatives” was their love of big government

The original Neocons were warmed-over Trotskyites who had a Damascus moment when Stalin sent a thug to kill Trotsky with a pickaxe.

Since then, they've been anti-Stalinist and pro-defense. They've also been pro-Izzy, easy to understand since so many of them were Jewish intellectuals (Irving Kristol e.g.).