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09/05/2004:

"The Bush Neo-Cons and Israel"

by Stephen Green
[Editors' Note: This is a slightly updated version of a ground-breaking essay exposing the relationship of the neo-cons embedded in the Bush administration with the government of Israel.]

Since 9-11, a small group of "neo-conservatives" in the Administration have effectively gutted--they would say reformed--traditional American foreign and security policy. Notable features of the new Bush doctrine include the pre-emptive use of unilateral force, and the undermining of the United Nations and the principle instruments and institutions of international law....all in the cause of fighting terrorism and promoting homeland security.

Some skeptics, noting the neo-cons' past academic and professional associations, writings and public utterances, have suggested that their underlying agenda is the alignment of U.S. foreign and security policies with those of Ariel Sharon and the Israeli right wing. The administration's new hard line on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict certainly suggests that, as perhaps does the destruction, with U.S. soldiers and funds, of the military capacity of Iraq, and the current belligerent neo-con campaign against the other two countries which constitute a remaining counterforce to Israeli military hegemony in the region--Iran and Syria.

Have the neo-conservatives--many of whom are senior officials in the Defense Department, National Security Council and Office of the Vice President--had dual agendas, while professing to work for the internal security of the United States against its terrorist enemies?

A review of the internal security backgrounds of some of the best known among them strongly suggests the answer.

Full Article: counterpunch.org

This is a good survey of the Wolfowitz. Perle et al rogues' gallery. Pat Buchanan was on Meet the Press this morning and asked why on earth the neo-cons who led Bush and us into this disaster are not kicked out of office, why people can't see that the terrorists are not fighting American principles, but American policy, including rabid support for Sharon and ones to his right like Netanyahu. He said he doubts Osama got a hold of the Declaration of Independence and had a temper tantrum. Weird times. When Pat Buchanan speaks to the opinions of ones like me.