Чесслово, влом читать длинные и долгие политические статьи. Можно в двух словах (или одном абзаце): кто это такие - неоконы, чем прославились и т.д.?

Группа бывших леваков, ставших сейчас консерваторами-"ястребами".

"The word "neoconservative" originally referred to former liberals and leftists who were dismayed by the countercultural movements of the 1960s and the Great Society, and adopted conservative views, for example, against government welfare programs, and in favor of interventionist foreign policies. A group of today's "neocons" now hold key positions in the Pentagon and in the White House and they even have a mole in the State Department."

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16378

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