Neocons: A Guild of Lying Philosophers

Shadia Drury in the introduction to the updated edition of her book, The Political Ideas of Leo Strauss, says:

I have never criticized Strauss for being elitist or anti-democratic. . . . I criticize Strauss for cultivating an arrogant, unscrupulous, and mendacious elite -- an elite that has a profound contempt for the rule of law, for morality, for ordinary people, and for veracity.

Leo Strauss, a Jewish political historian who fled Nazi Germany and taught political science at the University of Chicago and at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland is credited with being the chief thinker, if not the founder, of the neoconservative movement in American politics.

In 1988, when Drury published the first edition of her book, neocons were in prominent positions in nearly all the major universities in North America. The 2005, updated edition, is being released as Straussians occupy positions at the highest levels of government in the administration of George W. Bush.

I highly recommend Drury's analysis of Strauss' thought. Here's a link to her website. Here are links to some Recent Essays on Leo Strauss and the Neoconservatives:
"The making of a Straussian"
"Noble Lies and Perpetual War"
"Saving America"
"Film: "Hijacking Catastrophe"

Here's one more quote from the introduction to her updated book on Strauss:

Strauss endorsed Machiavellian tactics in politics -- not just lies and manipulation of public opinion, but every manner of unscrupulous conduct necessary to keep the masses in a state of heightened alert, afraid for their lives and their families, and therefore willing to sacrifice themselves for the nation. For Strauss as for Machiavelli, only the constant threat of a common enemy can save people from becoming soft, pampered, and depraved. And if no enemy can be found, one must be invented.

It should not take Christians long to realize that neoconservative philosophy is diametrically opposed to the teachings of Christ.