Straussians: Today's Neocons
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Last Modified: 01/16/06
Summary: Understanding Leo Strauss explains Iraq, the War on Terror and globabilization.... acceptable losses limitlessBEYOND THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES: AMERICA'S FATE FLAILS IN CAULDRON OF MISINFORMATION, LIES, NLP.....
Miller was responsible for pushing into the Times the key neocon lie that Saddam was busy stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. This deception helped build support among Americans for the invasion of Iraq. Miller was no independent journalist seeking the truth nor a victim of neocon duplicity, as she claimed. She worked closely with Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who was U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff and responsible for coordinating Iraq intelligence and communication strategy. Libby is a Straussian who studied under Paul Wolfowitz, now head of the World Bank, and before that, deputy secretary of defense, where he led the 'Invade Iraq" lobby. Wolfowitz studied under Strauss and Allan Bloom, Strauss's most famous student.
Summary: elieved in the inherent inequality of humanity. Most people, he famously taught, are too stupid to make informed decisions about their political affairs. Elite philosophers must decide on affairs of state for us.
From: http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2005/11/29/HarperBush/Many neoconservatives like Cheney and Wolfowitz are disciples of a philosopher who believed that the elite should use deception, religious fervor and perpetual war to control the ignorant masses.
Making of A Mess. Arthur Schlessinger, Jr., discusses two books that explain the aegis of the neocon network (read here Wolfowitz, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld) and how college professors influenced their vision of America in the 21st century
"Neo" Conned: The modern-day limited-government movement has been co-opted. The conservatives have failed in their effort to shrink the size of government. There has not been, nor will there soon be, a conservative revolution in Washington. Party control of the federal government has changed, but the inexorable growth in the size and scope of government has continued unabated. The liberal arguments for limited government in personal affairs and foreign military adventurism were never seriously considered as part of this revolution.: Congressman Ron Paul, Texas
Link: Paul Wolfowitz Online
Summary: Wolfy in his own words, and analyzed by others
Neoconservatism has more complex roots than just the ideas of Leo Strauss, but it's hard to ignore the uncanny similarities between Straussian thought and the decisions emanating from the Bush administration, where many of the neoconservatives in charge of foreign policy were taught by Strauss or his students.
Link: America under the Straussians: The Power of Nightmares
Summary: The educated elite join hands with 'bad boys' Rove, Gingrich, Bush, Armbaugh, Armitage, and voila .... a coup d'etat.....
