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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: MSI who wrote (113301)8/29/2003 12:03:21 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Ron Paul is a libertarian. Most of what he says in the posted piece reflects misinformation or misunderstanding. For example, most neocons were never Troskyites. Irving Kristol, who was, briefly, in college, ceased any adherence to Trotsky while in the Army, about 50 years ago. Straussians are distinct from neocons, although there has been some overlap and interaction. Strauss's views on Machiavelli were scholarly and nuanced, not a wholesale endorsement of "The Prince". (In fact, Strauss's favorite book on Machiavelli is "Discourses on Livy", in praise of republics). Cheney and Rumsfeld have never been considered neocons, they are Republican internationalists. And so on......
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