Here's some background on Leo Strauss, who is the guy who shaped the neocons' political philosophy...

http://www.alternet.org/story/15935?page=1


I find this part to be particularly telling...

According to Shadia Drury, who teaches politics at the University of Calgary, Strauss believed that "those who are fit to rule are those who realize there is no morality and that there is only one natural right – the right of the superior to rule over the inferior."