- Here is a brief summary of the general understanding
of what neocons believe:
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- 1. They agree with Trotsky on permanent revolution, violent
as well as intellectual.
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- 2. They are for redrawing the map of the Middle East
and are willing to use force to do so.
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- 3. They believe in preemptive war to achieve desired
ends.
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- 4. They accept the notion that the ends justify the means
- that hard-ball politics is a moral necessity.
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- 5. They express no opposition to the welfare state.
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- 6. They are not bashful about an American empire; instead
they strongly endorse it.
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- 7. They believe lying is necessary for the state to survive.
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- 8. They believe a powerful federal government is a benefit.
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- 9. They believe pertinent facts about how a society should
be run should be held by the elite and withheld from those who do not have
the courage to deal with it.
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- 10. They believe neutrality in foreign affairs is ill-advised.
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- 11. They hold Leo Strauss in high esteem.
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- 12. They believe in imperialism, if progressive in nature,
is appropriate.
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- 13. The believe in using American might to force American
ideals on others is acceptable. Force should not be limited to the defense
of our country.
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- 14. 9-11 resulted from the lack of foreign entanglements,
not from too many.
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- 15. They dislike and despise libertarians (therefore,
the same applies to all strict constitutionalists.)
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- 16. They endorse attacks on civil liberties, such as
those found in the Patriot Act, as being necessary.
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- 17. They unconditionally support Israel and have a close
alliance with the Likud Party.
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- http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/neo-conned.htm
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- http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a539.htm
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