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Torie
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« on: September 06, 2010, 10:32:04 AM »

In my opinion, the term "neocon" has lost its usefulness, and should be retired to the ash heap of history. The thought occurred to me when reading this rather pedestrian and un-arresting article, that takes a few Obama phrases about lofty American intentions, and assumes that it really has some meaning as to specific policies that the neocon's embraced in international affairs back when. I don't think so. Just because you are not isolationist, does not make you a neocon. Beyond that, each foreign policy issue is unique, and yes, yet another instance where grand unified theories are just not very helpful.

What do you think?
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Torie
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« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2010, 04:17:43 PM »

Obama was a student of Leo Strauss?

Leo was dead, so I doubt it, unless it was in a seance mode. Cropsy, his acolyte maybe, whom I had as a professor.
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Torie
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« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2010, 09:21:17 PM »

I seem to have opened a Pandora's Box here. Tongue
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