Essentially, the neoconservatives were afraid of the looming end of the Cold War. A man named Bruce Weinrod of the Heritage Foundation, put it this way:
The first thing [G.H.W. Bush] ought to do is call Margaret Thatcher and try to talk some sense into her. She was recently quoted as saying the Cold War is over. That really is a problem if you have somebody who is tough-minded saying that. She may not understand that, at least with the American public, you have to create a sense of some urgency about what we are doing; otherwise, the course resistance is followed and funding shifts to social programs [Italics added].He added:
The Soviets have stated that one of their major objectives is to remove what they call the 'enemy image.' Unless something comes up that forces them to act in an overt way, making it clear that they have not changed, it is going to be a very difficult challenge to maintain our military expenditures.Heh. We are at war with Eastasia. We have always been at war with Eastasia. Mr. Orwell, you knew far too much far too soon. Thanks for your contributions to the world of the sane.
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