Posted on 06/23/2025 3:20:44 PM PDT by Kazan
Never-Trumper Bill Kristol proclaimed the revival neo-conservatism after President Donald Trump bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities and mused that perhaps the “current regime” was incapable of making Iran “great.”
Earlier in the weekend, Trump ordered attacks on three key sites in Iran’s uranium enrichment infrastructure, which were carried out using 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs. Then, on Sunday, he mused that if the current regime was “unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!”
In response, Kristol quipped back, “brb – starting up PNAC again…” referencing the defunct neoconservative think tank Project for the New American Century (PNAC), which famously pushed for the 2003 Iraq War.
While Kristol appeared to be joking, his attempt at humor also seemed to house an underlying truth. As Trump signals further openness to direct U.S. involvement in Israel’s campaign against Iran, some MAGA-sidelined neocons are inching back into the conversation, even if reluctantly.
“You’ve got to go to war with the president you have,” Kristol told The New York Times on Friday. “If you really think that Iran can’t have nuclear weapons, we have a chance to try to finish the job.”
In recent days, Kristol also publicly supported Israel’s strikes on Iran and stated: “I wish the president and his administration well in this crisis.”
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too late kristol. apparently it’s all over, at least for today.
Its the central tenet of his philosophy
“Project for the New American Century (PNAC), which famously pushed for the 2003 Iraq War.”
I think these were the guys who said in September 2000 that the country needed “a new Pearl Harbor”.
Here is the exact quote:
“the process of transformation,
even if it brings revolutionary change, is
likely to be a long one, absent some
catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a
new Pearl Harbor”
Go away!
can we drop the next bunker busters on Kristol and Lindsay Graham/
Great - lets end this.
Bill who.........?
Isolationist MAGA was wrong about Trump. War hawk MAGA is wrong. Who cares about Bill he is not on the MAGA coalition.
Trump has never said no war. He said no forever war. Did it occur to the isolationist MAGA that war is not forever of fought to victory? He said before he was president no bomb for Iran. How did anyone think they would happen with Trump? Think he was going to bribe like Obamie? Or beg like Biden?
Trump has has defended from enemy bent on our destruction.
Are you kidding me? This reads like a parody. The moment conflict arises this weasel pops his head up?
Realism revival, not Neo-Con revival.
I wouldn’t call Kristol a “Never Trumper” anymore. That suggests some level of principle. He’s for whoever pays him the most.
Is Bill Kristol just a Demoncrat disguised as a Republican?
Trump has never said no war. He said no forever war. Did it occur to the isolationist MAGA that war is not forever of fought to victory? He said before he was president no bomb for Iran. How did anyone think they would happen with Trump? Think he was going to bribe like Obamie? Or beg like Biden?
Trump has has defended from enemy bent on our destruction.
Exactly!
Says a guy who has never really worked a day in his life. Ya. Let’s listen to him.
I guess he’s a war revivalist.. Yay, war! Go team go!
Trump is not never was and never will fool around w regime change.
It has nothing to do with our constitution. It is sick and he is not sick
Gee, glad you approve, Bill.
Bill and everyone like him have nothing to stand on.
Their past positions can’t be defended.
It’s becoming comical.
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Ugh. Pence, Kristol, Haley, Bolton all coming back like a bad case of herpes.
Did it occur to the isolationist MAGA that war is not forever of fought to victory?
Armchair isolationists aren’t from the deep end the gene pool, obviously.
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