Naming the Neo-cons

In June of 1997, the so-called Neo-conservatives laid out their imperial mission for these United States - to maximize military spending for the sake of America's "prosperity" and its "interests" around the world. (Read "wealth" and "oil.") Then, unleashing the pestilence they call their Project For A New American Century, they became the courtiers of King George upon his coronation and began to very successfully wreak bloody havoc on America and Iraq. (Is Iran next?)

So who are these Neo-cons? Here are the ones whose names I think most readers of this blog will recognize at once:

Cheney, Rumsfeld, Libby, Feith, Wolfowitz, Perle, Woolsey, Armitage, Bolton, Abrams, Bauer, Forbes, Kahlilzad, Podhoretz, Bill Bennett, Jeb Bush, and - take note, my fellow Catholics - George Weigel.

My favorite prayer ends with the appropriate petition here: "Deliver us from evil. Amen."