Neoconservatism: Difference between revisions

Between the 1950s and the 1960s, future NeoCons endorsed the Civil Rights Movement, racial integration, and the movement of Martin Luther King Jr. Also during this time, there was widespread support among future NeoCons (who were classified as [[File:Lib.png]][[Liberalismball|Liberals]] at the time) for widespread military action to prevent a [[File:ML.png]][[Marxism-Leninismball|communist]] takeover in North Vietnam. The initial Neoconservative movement was brought forward by the repudiation of the Cold War and the "New Politics" of the new and [[File:Prog.png]][[Progressivismball|Progressive]] American "New Left", which NeoCons believed was too close to the counterculture running rampant in the United States at the time and too alienated from the majority of the American population. The "New Left" which the NeoCons were dissatisfied with supported/believed in some radical aspects such as "Black Power", which accused white [[File:Lib.png]][[Liberalismball|Liberals]] and northern Jews of hypocrisy on integration and of supporting supposed Settler Colonialism during the Israeli-Palestine conflict during the late 1960s. Finally, they were most unsettled by the [[File:Prog.png]][[Progressivismball|New Left's]] "anti-anti communism", which during the mid-to-late 1960s included outspoken support of [[File:ML.png]][[Marxism-Leninismball|Marxist-Leninist]] policies. Many were particularly alarmed by what they saw as antisemitism stemming from "Black Power" communities in the New Left. As the policies of the New Left made the Democrats increasingly [[File:Leftpop-0.png]][[Left-Wing Populismball|leftist]], these intellectuals became disillusioned with President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society domestic programs. The neoconservatives then rejected the countercultural [[File:Prog.png]][[Progressivismball|New Left]] and what they considered anti-Americanism in the non-interventionism of the activism against the Vietnam War. After the anti-war faction took control of the party during 1972 and nominated George McGovern, the Democrats among them endorsed Washington Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson instead for his unsuccessful 1972 and 1976 campaigns for president. A theory of neoconservative foreign policy during the 1970s was criticizing the foreign policy of Jimmy Carter, which endorsed detente with the Soviet Union. During the 1990s, neoconservatives were once again opposed to the foreign policy establishment, both during the Republican Administration of President George H. W. Bush and that of his Democratic successor, President Bill Clinton. Many critics charged that the neoconservatives lost their influence as a result of the end of the [[File:ML.png]][[Marxism-Leninismball|Marxist Soviet Union]]. 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 2000s, 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:Muslim 2.png]][[Islamic Theocracyball|Iraq]], [[File:Muslim 2.png]][[Islamic Theocracyball|Iran]], and [[File:Juche.png]][[Jucheball|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". 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:Muslim 2.png]][[Islamic Theocracyball|Iraq]] and they left in 2011. Since Trump took office, Neoconservatives have supported the Trump administration's hawkish approach towards [[File:Muslim 2.png]][[Islamic Theocracyball|Iran]] and Venezuela, while opposing the administration's withdrawal of troops from [[File:Muslim 2.png]][[Islamic Theocracyball|Syria]] and diplomatic outreach to [[File:Juche.png]][[Jucheball|North Korea]].