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To: TigerPaw who wrote (73165)	4/3/2005 1:38:36 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Scott Ritter: Neocons as Parasites ____________________________________ By Larisa Alexandrovna Raw Story Friday 01 April 2005 So you believe the neocons are elitist parasites? Yes, elitism is the perfect term. Do you consider it localized or global elitism? The neocons believe in what they think is a noble truth, power of the few, the select few. These are godless people who want power, nothing more. They do not have a country or an allegiance, they have an agenda. These people might hold American passports, but they are not Americans because they do not believe in the Constitution. They believe in the power of the few, not a government for or by the people. They are a few and their agenda is global. You suggest the Republican Party is simply an organizational host. Is there any vestige left of the host or has the entire party been devoured? The Republicans have been neutered by the neocons. Your concept of neocons seems confusing because, using your host/parasite paradigm, they cannot tell between the host and the parasite which invades it. I know people who have worked for George H. W. Bush, both when he was vice president and president. Bush Sr. called the neocons the 'crazies in the basement.' I think it is dangerous to confuse the two, because there are Americans who love their country and are conservatives who do not support what is going on. Until the host rejects the parasite, it is difficult to separate the two. Brent Scowcroft for example is not a neocon, yet people call him one. Scowcroft worked hard to reign in the 'crazies in the basement' as did Reagan. Many have defined the neocon movement based on the highly intellectual, albeit warped, musings of Strauss and Bloom. Yet one could hardly call the current leadership intellectual or even capable of digesting this philosophy. Even neocon thinkers are jumping off the ship. Do you believe this is simply trickle-down Machiavellianism in much the same way that Communism trickled down as an aberration of its original intent? No plan survives initial contact with the enemy. The neocon ideology was always hypothetical in its pure application until now. What we are seeing today is what happens when theory (bad theory at that) makes contact with reality. You get chaos, through which the neocons are now trying to navigate Is Karl Rove a neocon? Karl Rove is not part of the neo-conservative master group; he is a host *Then who is steering the ship? An oligarchy of 'public servant' classes who are drawn from business, and serve naked economic interests. This is true whether you are Democrat or Republican. escribe.com