Definition of neo-con -
A big gov't conservative as it relates to foreign policy (i.e. beleives we ARE the worlds policeman, at least as it concerns Israel)
Stated another way, neo-cons beleive Israel is the 51st state, and a US welfare state at that.
We get all Israels baggage, expenses, and socialist clap-trap, in return for some poorly defined, non-descript thing called "intelligence."
(Editors note: said Israeli "intelligence" DID NOT warn us of Beirut 1983, or Cole 1998 or WTC 1993, or WTC 2001, or lack of WMD stockpiles in Iraq 2003, or anything of tangible benefit. Notably, the fine folks in Israeli "intelligence" DID bring us (even giving them the benefit of the doubt) that fuster-cluck called USS Liberty 1967. 34 dead, some 168 wounded, in an hour long case of "mistake identity" on a clear, bright and sunny day, 15 miles from ANY so-called "fog of war)
I'm garandman, and I support the contents of this fine post.