Neocon has always been a dog whistle for “Jew”. Their premise is that Israel (Jew) controls American foreign policy. They believe The War on Terrorism is really a War for Israel.
That’s why there are so many Truthers in their ranks.
“Neocon has always been a dog whistle for “Jew”.
Of course that’s not at all true, it had nothing to do with being Jewish. But then I guess it is de rigueur around here to dismiss Michael Harrington who coined the term and Irving Kristol who helped popularize it.
Neocons were Cold War Democrats fed up with the weak America crowd who had seized control of the Democrat party beginning with the McGovern and culminating with Carter. Prominent neocons included Jeane Kirkpatrick, William Bennett, Michael Novack, and many others who would be surprised to learn that they were Jewish.