I wouldn't want anyone to get the idea that I buy into this, for any number of reasons, but one definition of a neocon is "a liberal who has been mugged by real

I wouldn't want anyone to get the idea that I buy into this, for any number of reasons, but one definition of a neocon is "a liberal who has been mugged by reality." (For what it's worth, I primarily take issue with the words 'liberal' and 'reality'.)