The neocon supremacy

By Nick O'Malley
Updated May 23 2015 - 8:08pm, first published 12:15am
Robert Kagan, a leading American neoconservative thinker. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones MCJ
Robert Kagan, a leading American neoconservative thinker. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones MCJ
Former president George W. Bush, left, secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld and vice-president Dick Cheney who held top roles in the United States when it launched the war in Iraq.
Former president George W. Bush, left, secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld and vice-president Dick Cheney who held top roles in the United States when it launched the war in Iraq.
Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI
Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI
Former senator Rick Santorum who is likely to stand for president next year. Photo: Laura Segall
Former senator Rick Santorum who is likely to stand for president next year. Photo: Laura Segall

Just a couple of years ago Elliot Abrams, a hawkish foreign policy expert who has provided counsel to nearly all the current crop of Republican contenders for the White House, feared that a contagion might take over the Republican Party.

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