"Neoconservatism, as both a political symbol and a body of thought, has evolved into something I can no longer support"

This article by Francis Fukuyama in the New York Times magazine is a must-read.

Brilliance. There is no other word for it.

This is the stuff of which intellectualism is made.

(Personally, I am still a supporter of the neo-con project, because what Iraq was at the very least was a demonstration of leadership, courage, and risk, which is all the best of what the West, and specifically America, is. However, Fukuyama's criticism is too rich not to admire.)