text: can anyone define "neocon" , and i don't mean using curse words or liberal ranting.?   neoconservatism is the name for a new branch of conservative politics that supports extensive u.s. involvement in foreign affairs (as opposed to traditional conservatives such as pat buchanan who oppose foreign entanglements), its origins are largely based in the think tank project for a new american century (pnac), whose founding members include dick cheney, jeb bush, steve forbes, dan quayle and donald rumsfeld.   most significantly, they have argued that america needs to control the flow of oil in the middle east in order to check the growth of china as an economic power, and have advocated for the removal from power of saddam hussein since the mid-90s.