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To: Dr. Frank
Now I'm not sure there are any "neocons" in the world. I'm not even sure that the original self-described neocons were "neocons".

To start with one example, those conservatives who advocate aid to Israel based on all the horrible things Palestinian terrorists do to the people of that country would objectively qualify as neoconservative.

298 posted on 05/08/2003 10:46:57 AM PDT by inquest
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To: inquest
those conservatives who advocate aid to Israel based on all the horrible things Palestinian terrorists do to the people of that country would objectively qualify as neoconservative

1. What if Israel's just a special case and an exception to the rule, for such people? Can a normal conservative really be transmogrified into a "neocon" simply because of their stance on Israel?

If so, doesn't this just prove the critics of the word correct - that it's a "code word" used by folks who are anti-"pro-Israelists", and in some cases, anti-Semites?

2. Uh, you weren't very specific here. Who are "those conservatives" you're talking about above?

a. Name one or three, and for those you can name,

b. Demonstrate that they advocate aid to Israel "based on" the terrorism, and not "partially based on" the terrorism and partially based on something else, like our nat'l security (I'm assuming you understand that the difference between "based on" and "partially based on" is crucial to your original definition of "neocon")

299 posted on 05/08/2003 10:58:17 AM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
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