{"id":2310,"date":"2007-06-25T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T18:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:39:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:39:29","slug":"finally-the-neocons-are-sinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/finally-the-neocons-are-sinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, the Neocons Are Sinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Khody Akhavi, Alternet<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/neocons31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/neocons31.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>As the George W. Bush administration struggles through its last two years in office, it appears that the agenda of neoconservative ideologues has finally lost its appeal among strategic parts of the U.S. foreign policy apparatus.<\/p>\n<p>But as their influence has waned at the Pentagon and State Department, neo-conservative hawks have taken charge on the battlefield of public diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Intent on fixing what American Enterprise Institute (AEI) fellow Joshua Muravchik termed Bush&#8217;s &#8220;public diplomacy mess,&#8221; right-wing hawks have gained control of the weapons in the &#8220;war of ideas&#8221; &#8212; U.S. government-funded and supported media outlets such as Voice of America (VOA), Al-Hurra, and Radio Farda, which broadcast to the Middle East and aim to offer an alternative view of the news.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Khody Akhavi, Alternet As the George W. 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