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Entry: The Neocons and Charles Maurras Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/leo_strauss_the_neocons_and_charles_maurras#6570 Post contents: Paul, I wonder if you could develop one detail of your article to a longer treatment? You note that there is a hostility toward Germans among the neocons. Yet, the point I found most intriguing in Bloom's book was his observation that the flood of refugees which arrived in US around WW II came mostly from Germany, and that those immigrants brought massive German influence to US intelligentsia and academia. Strauss in an excellent example of this trend -- keep in mind his connection to Carl Schmitt. Could it be that, even though they are hostile to Germany (and I have no doubts about this hostility being honest), the neoconservatives themselves are still an example of the German mentality taking over the US? After all, there are the same attitudes of "might is right," and "I am a superman and thus above all rules and capable of overcoming all opposition." These ideas differ starkly from the traditional American fear of government power, small government and a cautious, isolationistic foreign policy. (Think Ron Paul) How about developing Bloom's observation into a piece on how the raise of the neocons can be described as the Germanization of the US? Sent at: 2008 05 16