Neo Conservative Understatement of the Week

Its kinda fun to watch the neo-cons trying to regroup.

The Esprit de Corps that infected the boys when the Vanity Fair article came out was cute. And in the current Foreign Policy magazine, the FP memo has a rousing pep talk from Joshua Muravchick that has to be read to be believed. And they wonder why the word "nutty" so often preceedes the word Neocon. Here's our favorite sentance from the "FP Memo":

"Recent elections in the Palestinian territories and Egypt have brought disconcerting results that suggest democratizing the Middle East may be more difficult that we imagined."

"Suggest?"....Palestinian territories and Egypt????...has Josh noticed that a couple of obstacles to democratization have also popped in, umm, that counry...you know...on the tip of my tongue...umm...IRAQ!!! Right --Iraq!! There may be some suggestive facts on the ground there as well, Josh. Take a look and get back to us.

Hyperlinks not working this morning, so you'll have to have your own fun at www.ForeignPolicy.com