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Simple definition is a liberal who wants to use the american military might to push democracy overseas regardless of the cost of blood or treasure...

True enough. Neocon nowadays means a war hawk or interventionist. The pre-history isn't all that relevant.

If William Kristol or John Podhoretz isn't 100% in agreement on some issues with the most conservative wing of the GOP, neither are a lot of Republicans, including many whose parents weren't left-liberals or Trotskyites.

[Popman]

Scratch a neo-con and there will always be a liberal under the thin veneer of fake conservatism ...