Trifkovic on Lebed, Le Pen and the Neo-Cons

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Sun May 5 10:05:10 PDT 2002


From the paleo-cons... http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/ Srjda Trifkovic, a former spokesperson for Radovan Karazdic sez, IN MEMORIAM: GEN. ALEXANDER LEBED, 1950-2002 by Srdja Trifkovic

When I first met General Lebed, shortly after he was forced to retire from his stellar military career in 1995, he was a crusty soldier with great political ambitions, itching for action but visibly uncomfortable in mufti. His tie knot was too wide and his parade-ground bass sounded coarse and unmodulated. His lived-in face, with more than a hint of the Asian steppe, bore the marks of many brawls. [Go to Chronicles Extra!] THE PARADOX OF LE PEN’S SUCCESS: CENTER-RIGHT ESTABLISHMENT TRIUMPHANT by Srdja Trifkovic

The success of the National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen in the first round of France’s presidential election—he came second and faces President Jacques Chirac in the final round—falls far short of a “revolution” of the Right’s wishful thinking. [Go to Chronicles Extra!]

MR. BUSH COMES OUT OF HIS NEOCON TRANCE by Srdja Trifkovic

It seemed as if George Bush had been sleepwalking for weeks on end, mesmerized by some neocon spell, and finally woke up on April 4, to the undisguised shock and horror of his handlers. [Go to Chronicles Extra!]

Michael Pigliese



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