Neoconservatism is a political movement that began in the United States during the 1960s among liberal hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist foreign policy of the Democratic Party and with the growing New Left and counterculture of the 1960s, particularly the Vietnam protests. Some also began to question their liberal beliefs regarding domestic policies such as the Great Society. Neoconservatives typically advocate the promotion of democracy and interventionism in international affairs, including peace through strength, and are known for espousing disdain for communism and political radicalism. [1]

In essence, the “new conservative” came into its own after the original 9/11, when patriotism in the USA surged. The problem though is that neoconservatives highly prize “peace through strength.” While that sounds good because it appears on its face to be opposed to war, the reality is that war is money and so many neocons highly prize involvement in wars, battles and skirmishes throughout the world because it brings in a good amount of money for those invested in war.

In his third episode on Twitter, Tucker Carlson lays things out very clearly regarding the problem between neocons and Donald Trump. [2] Trump’s greatest sin was in wanting to stop wars and to get US military out of foreign countries; military that was there for the purposes of war and to “enforce” or “create” democracy. Trump made the “mistake” of thinking that Washington would be forced to go along with his goals of actual peace, when in point of fact, Washington began the process of pushing back on Trump the day he was inaugurated. So we’ve gone from trying to “make America great,” to “let’s destroy America by any means necessary.”