A Martian who landed on Earth a few months ago would probably have assumed that Bill Kristol and the neocons and Donald Trump were political blood brothers. After all, as soon as the Cold War ended Kristol announced in a Wall Street Journal article co-authored with David Brooks that the Republican Party would henceforth be guided by the principles of “national greatness conservatism.” This sounds a lot like — if not identical to — Donald Trump’s campaign theme of “Make America Great Again.”
But of course Kristol and the neocons hate Trump and all that he stands for politically with a red hot hatred. It’s not that hard to explain. It only requires a little Clintonian parsing of language. You see, as the whole world now knows, Kristol and the neocons defined their version of national greatness in terms of the extent to which American blood and treasure would be used for the benefit of the nation of Israel, not the American nation, by invading, conquering, occupying, depopulating, and destroying Muslim countries in the Middle East. “Securing the realm” is, I believe, how Kristol once described it. Donald Trump, in sharp contrast, specifically refers to American greatness in the sense of having a government for the benefit of the American nation, not Israel or anyone else. That is why he is so hated and despised by the neocons, most of whom, led by the Bush family, will be voting for Hillary Clinton today.
11:07 am on November 8, 2016 Email Thomas DiLorenzo
