That lack of presumption, the neocons now say, was a grave mistake.

现在，新保守主义者认为这种底气不足是一个严重的错误。

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But for all their influence, the neocons have never quite got their way. Nor should they.

但是，正是由于所有他们的影响，这些新保守主义从来没有找到解决问题的方法，当然也不应当是他们。

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But the army has many other brigades, too: repentant neocons such as Francis Fukuyama, legal scholars such as Douglas Kmiec, and conservative talk-show hosts such as Michael Smerconish.

这支新军还囊括了许多其他力量：转变立场的新保守主义者（如弗朗西斯• 福山），法学学者（如道格拉斯•克密科）以及保守派脱口秀主持人（如迈克尔•史默克里什）。

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If Mr Bush does not state the aims explicitly, the neocons feel no such embarrassment.

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Not all the neocons have been humiliated quite as badly as Mr Wolfowitz, let alone Mr Libby.

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Like many neocons, though, he comes from a Jewish intellectual family and in his youth he supported liberal causes.

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