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'''Neoconservatism''' (also referred to as NeoCon) is a branch of conservatism originating in the United States during the 1960's who favors a broadly interventionist foreign policy. He's usually much more defined by his foreign policy than his domestic policy - NeoCon can fall into a number of groups or camps regarding domestic affairs, and will oftentimes "sell" his vote on a domestic issue in order to buy someone else's vote on one of his foreign policy proposals. Neoconservatism typically advocates the promotion of democracy and interventionism in international affairs, including peace through strength (by means of military force), and is known for espousing disdain for [[File:Marxlen.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|communism]] and other forms of [[File:Fash.png]] [[File:Baath.png]] [[File:Ancom.png]] [[File:Dsa.png]] political radicalism. Culturally, most NeoCons are right-leaning, usually being pro-life among other things, but still liberal on certain issues. However, there exists a large fraction of much more socially liberal politicians who advocate for neoconservative foreign policy, often called '''Liberal Hawks''', who tend to overlap with the [[File:3way.png]] [[Third Way]] [[File:Third Way - alt.png]] branch of liberalism.

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After the decision of George H. W. Bush to leave Saddam Hussein in power after the first Iraq War during 1991, many neoconservatives considered this policy a betrayal of democratic principles. During the early 2000's, the presidency of George W. Bush did not initially show strong endorsement of the neoconservative idea. This, however, changed dramatically as a result of the 9/11 attacks. During Bush's State of the Union speech of January 2002, he named [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] [[Ba'athism|Iraq]], [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] [[Khomeinism|Iran]], and [[File:Cball-North Korea.png]] [[Juche|North Korea]] states that "constitute an axis of evil" and "pose a grave and growing danger". The Bush Doctrine of preemptive war was stated explicitly in the National Security Council text, "National Security Strategy of the United States" that was published in September of 2002. It stated, "We must deter and defend against the threat before it is unleashed (...) even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack. (...) The United States will, if necessary, act preemptively". The Bush Doctrine was greeted with an extremely positive reception by many neoconservatives. By 2010, U.S. forces had switched from combat to a training role in [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] [[Ba'athism|Iraq]] and they left in 2011.

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Neoconservatism in [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan, also known as the neo-defense school, refers to a hawkish new generation of Japanese conservatives most of which are members of the [[File: LDP(Japan).png]] Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and also may have been part of the ultranationalist, revisionist organization of [[File:NeoShowa.png]] Nippon Kaigi. As members of the post-war generation, Japanese neocons view themselves as free of responsibility or guilt for Japan's conquests past war crimes that happened during the [[File:Showa.png]] Imperial Era. What defines the neoconservatives of the Liberal Democratic Party from other Japanese politicians is their desire to change and reinterpret the country's constitution, especially Article 9 which is viewed as obsolete. This would enable Japan to re-arm to the level of most other countries.

aided western powers in the Iraq War through the Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group (JIRSG) a battalion-sized, largely humanitarian contingent of the Japan Self-Defense Forces that was sent to Samawah, Southern Iraq in early January 2004 and withdrew by late July 2006.

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