Read all these posts.  What do they have in common.  In short, even after the fall of the Soviet Union, the writers detect great animosity.  There are those that look to China (and some Chinese that look for a showdown with the US), and those that want to have a general war with Muslim nations, no matter that they are all over the map in their hostility to the West.  Maybe, just maybe, people do not change.  That is, there are always a group of people that have to have a carefully defined enemy.  Then, there are those that look for more peaceful ways.  Hmm, which group do the neo-cons fit into.  Let's see, they look through 2,000-3,000 year old texts for tactics and secrets that are hidden to all of us ordinary folk.  They also search new books and magazines to discover other “secrets.”  Maybe the secrets are not there.  Maybe, just maybe, a small group of people have to have their straw men to object to and try to destroy.  Even if they do, they need another enemy right away.