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Entry: A Tale of Two Normans: Podhoretz and Finklestein Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_tale_of_two_normans_podhoretz_and_finklestein#7945 Post contents: Something is going on in the Neocon world right now. Various Neocon websites are attacking European right of center parties because those parties are opposed to Islamic immigration. The Neocons attack the European parties, such as the Flemish party (the VB) in Belgium by claiming that the usual suspects support those parties (skin heads, neo-nazis etc.) Note that at the same time, Neocons have begun attacking Ron Paul with the same more than dubious logic. Mike Medved, of movie review fame, attacked Ron Paul claiming that neo-nazis and those who doubt the accepted or official line on the causes of 911 support Paul. My guess is that a group of Neocons agreed on using this line of argument against Ron Paul first and then decided to attack the European parties in order to claim that the imputation of guilt by a thin number of fringe supporters discredits the mainstream support for right of center movements. This is another example of what Gottfried was noting in his essay. The Neocons are here appealing to the left by invoking leftist ideology as the basis and moral authority for the rejection of European anti-Islamists and in the USA in rejecting a Republican opposed to the Iraq war, and future Neocon wars in the Middle East. Sent at: 2008 05 15