OP-ED: The Neocons Make a Comeback, By BRET STEPHENS, Wall Street Journal, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

I love this piece: every time anything bad happens, we are told the neocons were right and they're coming back!

Very expansive and impressive logic: defining our strategies solely by current events.

You ever watch a dog chase its tail? The WSJ editorial board is giving a good display these recent months.

The neocons' problem wasn't their sensible take on a dangerous world (they can read newspaper headlines with the best of them). Their deficiency was their tendency to always place security at the top of every agenda and tool-kit list. It makes them hammers in search of nails.

Imagine a U.S. currently trying to manage this world by emphasizing military options and hard stances every chance it got. You want a recipe for rapid decline, there is none better.

The neocons will return when our strategic imagination completely runs out--meaning, hopefully never.

(Via WPR Media Roundup)