Neoconservatives have been given enough rope, and they have hanged themselves

The consistent aim of neoconservatism since the Viet Nam war has been to demonstrate, to ourselves and the world, that the U.S. has lost neither the will nor the ability to apply American military force in support of America's national interest - defined in the broadest possible terms - around the globe. No American president has more closely aligned himself with that agenda than George W. Bush.

David Brooks is the resident token neoconservative at the New York Times. Here is what he is writing today:

"No matter how Iraq turns out, no president in the near future is going to want to send American troops into any global hot spot. This experience has been too searing."