John Yoo's book title -- "War by Other Means" -- shows their attitude.

John Yoo turned Clausewitz's famous dictum on its head.

Everything neocons do is either war or MEOW (the Moral Equivalent Of War) and they don't believe in the concept of war crimes. All's fair in war, so all's fair in whatever they do.

But there's still one thing that's sinful, one thing that could wreck the grand enterprise, one thing that's unforgivable: a public expression of doubt.

"We all have doubts all the time, We don’t express them, certainly not in a public debate. That would be fatal."
- - Richard Perle

And you have to admit that the neocons have indeed shown some ability to doubt reality and to create their own reality. For instance, Iraq is full of terrorism now.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/09/wblack09.xml

Aide links Lord Black to secret slush fund
By David Litterick in Chicago

Wednesday 09 May 2007

Conrad Black was behind the decision to funnel millions of dollars away from shareholders of Hollinger International to himself and other executives, his associate David Radler told his fraud trial yesterday.

In the first testimony to link Lord Black directly to the payments, Mr Radler told the jury that Lord Black had "suggested we insert ourselves" into non-compete payments that the prosecution claims were used to steal millions of dollars from the company.

Mr Radler also said that he did not tell Hollinger's directors. "I don't think they would have approved," he said . . .

- - The Telegraph

But at that moment, the judge interrupted the trial and said that, because of the creeping evil menace of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, he was dismissing the case.

And that was that. Exeunt Omnes.

and she can't tell her apotheosis from her apogee, nor her rubric from her rule, nor, I'd bet, her burro from her burrow. (That is, her ass from a hole in the ground.)