In Zeitschriften wie dem The Weekly Standard und mittels der Bühne, die ihnen Denkfabriken wie das American Enterprise Institute boten, verhalfen die Neocons der Invasion im Irak zu intellektueller Schubkraft.
Writing for such journals as The Weekly Standard , and using the pulpits of think tanks, such as the American Enterprise Institute, neo-cons offered an intellectual boost to the invasion of Iraq.