On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 16:03:45 -0700 (PDT) Chuck Grimes <cgrimes at rawbw.com>
writes:
>
> Thanks to Brad Mayer on another list for this gem. It's relevant to
> Iraq and by extension to US policy in general, in the sense that
> Halberstam's Best and Brightest was relevant to Vietnam and the
> Kennedy era that lead to it. Notice the article comes from the
> French---the neocons current enemy of all that is Good.
>
> So instead of bashing ourselves to death over what was completely
> beyond control, it seems much better to understand the nature of the
> fight, the nature of the enemy.
>
> Chuck Grimes
>
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>
Over on Proyect's Marxmail I discussed the intellectual roots of neo-conservatism including its Trotskyist roots in:
http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2003w13/msg00467.htm http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2003w13/msg00449.htm
And I addressed neo-conservatism's Straussian roots in the following posts:
http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2003w13/msg00478.htm http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2003w13/msg00479.htm http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2003w13/msg00522.htm
Jim F.
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