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To: michael97123 who wrote (103658)	7/1/2003 9:44:59 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

Yes, it is pretty ludicrous. In fact, Kristol says that he lost interest in Marxism, much less Trotskyism, when he was drafted and had real world experience. The magazine that he founded, The Public Interest, was already notable for its pragmatic liberalism, and willingness to critique government programs, by the mid- sixties......

To: michael97123 who wrote (103658)	7/1/2003 11:36:57 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

But to characterize Kristol as a Trotskyite for a youthful indiscretion is McCarthyism. Still much too much ado about little. Lind's point, take it or leave it, is the the subset of neocons who are now defense intellectuals and who favor military solutions to not military dilemmas have a common background through parental affiliations. Not a particularly interesting point. It is true that these folk, along with some influential others, have militarized US foreign policy. Now that's an argument that's worth arguing. The lineage issue is a waste of time. On your part and Lind's.