[lbo-talk] Progress towards Fascism update

[Brad Mayer]

A survey of some US reactions to the Spanish election show that not only
is the American ruling class psychosis alive and well, but also shows
the extent and breadth of the influence of the extremist views of a
narrow circle of proto-fascist, pro-Israel neocon fanatics.  All
prominently featured in the leading US political dailies, the WP & NYT. 
That, together with the US Senate's moronic insult to the Spanish vote,
and Kerry's cowardly appeasement of this idiotic opinion, show that when
it comes to the test, virtually the entire mainstream of the US ruling
class is at ideological oneness with Richard Perle's extreme rightist
views.

Even Luttwak, who should know better, joins in:

Al Qaeda's Wish List
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: March 16, 2004

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/16/opinion/16BROO.html?ex=1080018000&en=a99ae478018de522&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

The Spanish disease
Tony Blankley (archive)

March 17, 2004 

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/tb20040317.shtml

Rewarding Terror in Spain
By EDWARD N. LUTTWAK

Published: March 16, 2004

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/16/opinion/16LUTT.html?ex=1080018000&en=6c07c08d1b08ba96&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

Time's running out to save an alliance

 
BY ROBERT KAGAN
Robert Kagan, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, is the author of "Of Paradise and Power: America
and Europe in the New World Order." This is from The Washington Post

March 17, 2004
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpkag173710251mar17,0,1426773.story?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines