“To its neocon architects, Iraq was always about empire, hegemony, Pax Americana, global democracy – about getting hold of America’s power to make the Middle East safe for Sharon and themselves glorious and famous.”

"Have the Neocons Destroyed the Presidency?" http://buchanan.org/blog/pjb-have-the-neocons-destroyed-the-presidency-577 (February 16, 2004), Patrick J. Buchanan
2000s

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