The scam
I'm finally convinced that there's nothing Neo about Neocons. They were New York leftists before they 'converted', and they're still doing leftist work. Fake conversion. They're still Commies, and they're now
taking revenge for what Reagan did to Russia. Reagan steered Russia to spend itself into oblivion and to use up its armed forces in Afghanistan. Now these New York Neo-Coms
(beginning with Comrade Bush Senior) have steered America to spend itself into oblivion and to use up its armed forces in Afghanistan.
How do they do it? Exceptionalism is the keystone of the scam, as Orlov sees clearly.
Here's how a homeowner would implement Exceptionalism. He would put a sign in his front yard:
And why is the homeowner not at home? Because he's busy building houses and plumbing systems in some foreign country, to help the burglars and bums in some other country become Exceptional by observing his Exceptionality at first hand.
There's nothing Neo or new about Exceptionalism. In earlier times it used to be called "Abject Surrender".