11. National Review's position on Cold War was that best way to fight communism was to align itself with European empires.
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12. National Review's links to European imperialism was layered. Some early contributors -- Otto von Habsburg -- were European aristocrats.
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13. Otto von Habsburg -- pretender to the Austrian throne -- used to say National Review only magazine that talked sense to American people
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14. National Review also very close to Franco's Spain -- Brent Bozell would organize summer seminars in Spain.
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15. Moreover, as National Review opposed civil rights movement it felt sympathy for beleaguered white supremacist regimes in Africa.
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16. NR's pro-imperialist stance took them in odd directions: in 1940s and 1950s, James Burnham had been close to De Gaulle
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17. But after De Gaulle came to accept decolonization, Burnham and National Review came to oppose & even support his would-be assassins.
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18. In this post I quote a National Review editorial expressing sympathy for those who plotted to kill de Gaulle:https://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/national-review-and-terrorism/ …
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19. James Burnham's Suicide of the West (1964) is perhaps the classic expression of this type of American imperialist nostalgia.
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20. D'Souza's various anti-Obama books and documentaries are basically a modern updating of Burnham's ideas.
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21. D'Souza was clever enough to realize that with a black president who had an African father, Burnhamite conservatism worth reviving.
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22. As some people have said, this is a simple story. Obama is black, so "anti-colonialist" is a useful dog whistle.
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23. But beyond the dog whistle value, "anti-colonialist" chatter is built on older 1950s/1960s pro-imperialist sentiment.
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