The cult of power
by Justin Raimondo
AntiWar.Com
07/14/04
It's widely recognized that we were lied into war by a group of ideologues, but what is this 'idea they have?' What kind of 'utopia' is Iraq? The old Trotskyist idea of internationalism is here preserved, but for the red flags. Some of them even call themselves 'Trotsky-cons.' But this 'outing' of the neocons has caused them considerable embarrassment -- since they are currently masquerading as 'conservatives' -- and they've struck back by seeking to label the outers 'conspiracy theorists' and 'anti-Semites.' Most deny their Trotskyist heritage -- the more strenuous denials coming from the very people who embody it, such as Joshua Muravchik, once a youth leader of the SDUSA and now a rising neocon star over at the American Enterprise Institute...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=3027
AntiWar.Com
07/14/04
It's widely recognized that we were lied into war by a group of ideologues, but what is this 'idea they have?' What kind of 'utopia' is Iraq? The old Trotskyist idea of internationalism is here preserved, but for the red flags. Some of them even call themselves 'Trotsky-cons.' But this 'outing' of the neocons has caused them considerable embarrassment -- since they are currently masquerading as 'conservatives' -- and they've struck back by seeking to label the outers 'conspiracy theorists' and 'anti-Semites.' Most deny their Trotskyist heritage -- the more strenuous denials coming from the very people who embody it, such as Joshua Muravchik, once a youth leader of the SDUSA and now a rising neocon star over at the American Enterprise Institute...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=3027
Starmail - 14. Jul, 16:06
