Abstract
Examines tenets of current neoconservative foreign policy from the perspective of Leo Strauss's political thought. What many critics see as the imperialism of the current American administration with regard to the expansion of a global hegemony is defended by such conservatives on the grounds of both stamping out the threat of terrorism & advancing global evolution toward democracy. These measures are shown to be incongruous with Strauss's assertions that no social change can fully arrest human evils. Several American initiatives, such as nation building & the Iraq war, defer sharply from this belief. Furthermore, these initiatives are demonstrated to be at odds with the founding principles of the US. It is proposed that neoconservatives tend to favor thinkers who themselves advance ideas that are at odds with the positions of America's Founding Fathers. While these conflicts are prime for extensive debate of the neoconservative view, these views were established at a time when the threats cited by today's neoconservatives did not exist in their current form. The implications of this conflict are explored in depth here. 11 References. C. Brunski