Robert
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Wed Jul 7, 2004 23:29
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Neocons dance a Strauss waltz

Is United States foreign policy being run by followers of an obscure German Jewish political philosopher whose views were elitist, amoral and hostile to democratic government? Suddenly, political Washington is abuzz about Leo Strauss, who arrived in the US in 1938 and taught at several major universities before his death in 1973. Neoconservatives push for a new world order For seven long years, Bill Kristol agitated for a U.S. coup against Saddam Hussein, and argued that America should remake the world to serve its own interests. Few bothered to listen at the time. So how does he feel now? President Bush pushes for US-Middle East free trade zone President George W Bush has called for creating a US-Middle East free trade area in ten years, saying the ambitious venture would help end the Arab-Israeli conflict and curb terrorism. Queen warned butler of shadows The former royal butler Paul Burrell has revealed that the Queen warned him that his close relationship with Princess Diana had put him in danger from shadowy "powers". Top military official predicts EU merge with NATO The European pillar in NATO and European security and defence policy (ESDP) will be merged, according to Gustav Hägglund, chairman of the Military Committee of the European Union. Trotsky's ghost wandering the White House The distance between the Russia of 1917 and the Washington of 2003 is so great that many question whether Trotsky and Shachtman have really left a legacy for the Bush administration. For Christopher Phelps, the circuitous route from Trotsky to Bush is "more a matter of rupture and abandonment of the left than continuity."