I think parocks is talking about the actual Trotskyite Neoconservatives, born of Bill Kristol's father's brain, joined by fellow followers of Leon Strauss who believed in the 'Noble Lie' to get the masses to do what was 'good for them' as known by their betters. They want power, and don't care at all about limited government, it is just that their particular power slice is foreign policy so when the Dems started to trend 'anti war', they left the Dems and joined the National Security conservatives (a different group) in the GOP. Then they manipulated the evangelicals into being their foot soldiers using the Noble Lie -- and moving the targets to make them not expect actual results, as in talking them out of Federalism on abortion to require a Constitutional cure which will never happen -- and will keep their foot soldiers manipulatible.
That ^^ is much simplified and stereotypical, but the bones of it, as I understand it. Others who don't want to cut military tend to be national security conservatives, but if you actually sit down with them they don't want foreign countries or the IMF in a position to 'foreclose' on us either, and they are more reasonable. You can quickly tell the difference by their position on the UN etc. National security conservatives value sovereignty. Neoconservatives consider the UN a group they will control and through it the world, on the back of OUR debt and blood. And the blood of the nations we invade, of course. But never the blood of the neoconservatives, I can't think of one who actually served in the military, at least.
