EdRooney
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The other way around, actually. The founders of the neoconservative movement such as Irving Kristol, Nathan Glazer, Sidney Hook, and Albert Wohlstetter were all former Trotskysts. And they made no secrets about it. On his book "Reflections of a Neoconservative", Irving Kristol openly discussed his communist past.
The neocon concept of conquering Iraq and using it as a platform to "spread democracy" across the middle east, for example, is deeply rooted in Trotskyst doctrine, such as "exporting and spreading the revolution".
This is a great point and I think it speaks volumes as to why it's so easy for so-called communists and their ilk to vacillate from one side to the other. The constant is their need to have strong authority figures such as Stalin, Reagan, Obama or Kirchner. Any hot air about socialism or democracy is just that. Hot air.