Diegetics

if this is the same neocon gerecht that pals around with kristol at the weekly standard, defends torture in the atlantic monthly and sings bomb bomb bomb iran from his perch at the american enterprise institute after promoting the iraq invasion at cia....

he must have undergone a saul to paul epiphany in the beltway revolving door...

or this is just outright attempt to preempt criticism of real position pursued in private...

such as opening the door for extremists a la mossad/hamas genesis in occupied territories,,,

to keep up the 'clash of civilizations media message that repositions

the old israeli refrain of "us against the world"

into US and us against the world.