Then again perhaps not everyone always gets it right all the time. I never thought of the New Republic as a neocon magazine...did they read something I missed? But their article (see link) makes several interesting points with quotes from Sen Chuck Hagel and Richard Armitage (both Vietnam Veterans, by the way):

"Because of his visibility and reputation as the hub of a pro-Likud network of national-security experts and media commentators, Perle was the target of a particularly sharp remark by Hagel, one of several prominent lawmakers decorated for their Vietnam service who oppose the rush to war."Maybe Mr. Perle would like to be in the first wave of those who go into Baghdad," he said recently, earning him an outraged rebuke in a Wall Street Journal editorial..." I think that moves Senator Hagel up into the crosshairs of some on the right side of the aisle...

and:

"Another highly visible hyper-hawk and Perle protégé, Frank Gaffney, head of the Center for Security Policy (CSP), also avoided military service during Vietnam. Powell's chief deputy, Richard Armitage, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who served in Vietnam, has reportedly referred to Gaffney, as well as other members of the war party who dodged the draft, as a "pissant."."
I've always thought Armitage was a decent guy, even if I did not always agree with some of the things he said; at least you know what you're getting, more like him in Public Service would be great