one of the most intellectually dishonest attributes of neoconservatives generally — one of the principal features that makes them such a corrosive presence in our political discourse — is their fondness for trafficking in innuendo and argument by implication. They love to spew out vague phrases filled with obvious, implied meaning yet they virtually always lack the courage to explicitly state what they are trying to convey. They will say things like “it’s time to get our hands dirty in this war” or “we need to stop being so politically correct in how we fight” or “it’s time that there be real consequences for those who undermine America in a time of war,” but they will be too afraid to specify exactly what they are advocating even when asked to do so.
