Leo Strauss Is a Good Representation of the Sort of Wisdom of the Moment

Hass: Strauss is a good representation of the sort of wisdom of the moment now but i mean even just going beyond neo-cons. He says that when you hear people justifying or explaining things via sort of the the refrain back to this is what you have to do as a state on the international stage it is the same thing as Strauss coming right out and saying what in the end all of the the ruling class believes at heart, he argues. Haas: It's interesting when they say the things outright that more or less conform to what i argue like there's the Henry Kissinger quote where he says the illegal we do right away the unconstitutional takes a little bit longer so if that's going Kissinger