<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>People might be interested in the quote from Trotsky, which Stephen Schwartz quoted to me as proof of LT's support of pre-emptive war: <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">“He who does not outstrip the enemy while he is still weak; who passively lets him strengthen and reinforce himself, protect his rearguard, create an army for himself, receive support from abroad, assure himself of allies; who leaves to the enemy complete freedom of initiative – such a man is a traitor.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Trotsky said this, I believe, as part of a critique of Stalin's purging of the Red Army -- which was in fact a terrible thing. Jeet</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com" title=mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com>mike larkin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org" title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org>lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk] Neocons: Trotsky supported "pre-emptive war"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=EC4AD553-8A1D-4324-8D37-A99B2DFF9F85">http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=EC4AD553-8A1D-4324-8D37-A99B2DFF9F85</A></DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Free <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/tag/*http://calendar.yahoo.com">online calendar</A> with sync to Outlook(TM).</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>