The Mystery of Neocon Influence

September 18, 2012
http://consortiumnews.com/2012/09/18/the-mystery-of-neocon-influence/

The neocons – despite the disastrous Iraq War and other harm they have caused – remain influential in Official Washington, given time on talk shows and space on op-ed pages to expound on their latest dreams of American intervention in the Middle East. But ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar asks, why are they still listened to?

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Jim Lobe

As usual, Paul Pillar hits the mark in his latest blog post at the National Interest site in asking “Why are the Neocons Still Around?,” suggesting that when you are responsible for “one of the biggest and costliest blunders in the history of U.S. foreign relations” [the Iraq war], retirement from public affairs — as opposed to beating the drums for a new Middle East military adventures — might be a more seemly course of action.