Over 75% of Americans see the Bush years as a disaster. However, to the NeoCons, he has been a huge success, and has advanced their long-term agenda significantly. The organization that embodies the NeoCon movement is called “The Project for the New American Century” and their agenda can be summarized as follows:
1) Increase an already enormous military at the expense of domestic social programs
2) Toppling of regimes resistant to our corporate interests
3) Forcing democracy at the barrel of a gun in regions that have no history of the democratic process

4) Replacing the UN’s role of preserving and extending international order

Bare in mind that figures for the regular military budget exclude the costs of the current wars that the United States is engaged in. A proposed supplemental appropriation to pay for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq of $141.7 billion brings proposed military spending for FY 2008 to $647.2 billion, the highest level of military spending since the end of World War II - higher than Vietnam, higher than Korea, higher than the peak of the Reagan buildup. There will also be a proposed supplemental of $93.4 billion added to this year’s (FY 2007) budget, bringing the total for the year to $622.4 billion. (Of course, George also tried to eradicate the current social security system, but failed there. Oh well, NeoCon dudes, can’t win them all!) Over all though, his enormous defense spending should make the NeoCons very pleased in regards to their #1 agenda. Yeah, Go George!

Numbers 2 and 3 are obvious NeoCon successes. We’ve gotten our greedy fingers (and sadly many boots, thousands that are now empty) in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iraq of course was a “preemptive” strike, giving Georgie W. an extra gold star for NeoCon agenda number 3!

As to number 4, putting John Bolton in for our Ambassador to the U.N. was most likely punishment and damaging enough to get George at least a silver star in that department. Of course pretty much ignoring the U.N. during the buildup to Iraq also put a few feathers in his cap.

And if you think McCain would be any different, guess again. McCain has surrounded himself with the best and brightest from the now-defunct Project for the New American Century: Randy Scheunemann, one of its directors, is serving as McCain’s top foreign policy advisor. He is joined by PNAC’s founder, Bill Kristol, along with Gary Schmitt (President), Robert Kagan (director), and James Woolsey (signatory).

The NeoCons have made huge advances in their agenda over the past 8 years. They will not “go gently into that dark night”. Lets see what dirty tricks they can pull off tomorrow to retain their now global power.