HOW THE AMERICAN NEOCON MOVEMENT STARTED DK

The 1967 Arab Israeli War: "That war, as political scientist Judith Klinghoffer showed, gave birth to the neoconservative movement in the United States, because prominent Jewish intellectuals became alarmed at Israel's isolation. They not only became more aware of their ethnic and religious heritage, but concluded that the United States had to pursue a strong foreign policy because it was emerging as Israel's only friend. That trend accelerated over the next few decades, and conservative American Jews were reinforced by evangelical Christians, many of whom wanted Israel to be supported as an augury of the Second Coming." DK

Great stuff. I just happened to reread this old post of his. He, and she,  have to be at least partly right.