"Exclusive: Despite a record of unprecedented error, American neocons remain the dominant foreign policy force in Official Washington, demanding more regime change in the Middle East and a new Cold War that could heat up and end all life on the planet, writes Robert Parry."By Robert Parry
The neoconservatives arguably have damaged American national interests more than any group in modern history. They have done more harm than the marginal Communists pursued by Sen. Joe McCarthy in the 1950s, more than the Yippies of the 1960s, more than Richard Nixons Watergate burglars in the 1970s or the Iran-Contra conspirators in the 1980s.
The neocons have plunged the U.S. government into extraordinarily ill-considered wars wasting trillions of dollars, killing hundreds of thousands if not millions of people, and destabilizing large swaths of the planet including the Middle East, much of Africa and now Europe. Those costs include a swelling hatred against America and a deformed U.S. foreign policy elite that is no longer capable of formulating coherent strategies.
Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Post.
Yet, the neocons have remained immune from the consequences of their catastrophes. They still dominate Washingtons major think tanks as well as the op-ed pages of virtually all the leading newspapers, including The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times. They hold down key positions in the State Department, and their liberal interventionist pals have the ear of President Barack Obama.
Clearly, the neocons are skilled operatives, knowing how to arrange a steady stream of funding for themselves, from military contractors donating to think tanks, from U.S. taxpayers footing the bill for organizations like the National Endowment for Democracy, and from ideological billionaires set on aligning U.S. foreign policy with hard-line Israeli desires.
The neocons are adept at writing op-ed articles that twist any set of facts into support for their ideological cause; they supply just the right quote that fits into the news cycles latest narrative; and they host policy conferences that attract powerful politicians and fawning media coverage.
But are the neocons a force that can coexist with the American Republic? Have they become an existential threat not only to the constitutional structure crafted in 1787 but to continued life on the planet? Are they locked on a course of action that could lead to a nuclear holocaust?"
Read more . . .
http://consortiumnews.com/2015/09/15/are-neocons-an-existential-threat/Readers should be aware that Neoconservatives are also Zionists.
payne1000 wrote:
"Exclusive: Despite a record of unprecedented error, American neocons remain the dominant foreign policy force in Official Washington, demanding more regime change in the Middle East and a new Cold War that could heat up and end all life on the planet, writes Robert Parry."By Robert Parry
The neoconservatives arguably have damaged American national interests more than any group in modern history. They have done more harm than the marginal Communists pursued by Sen. Joe McCarthy in the 1950s, more than the Yippies of the 1960s, more than Richard Nixons Watergate burglars in the 1970s or the Iran-Contra conspirators in the 1980s.
The neocons have plunged the U.S. government into extraordinarily ill-considered wars wasting trillions of dollars, killing hundreds of thousands if not millions of people, and destabilizing large swaths of the planet including the Middle East, much of Africa and now Europe. Those costs include a swelling hatred against America and a deformed U.S. foreign policy elite that is no longer capable of formulating coherent strategies.
Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Post.
Yet, the neocons have remained immune from the consequences of their catastrophes. They still dominate Washingtons major think tanks as well as the op-ed pages of virtually all the leading newspapers, including The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times. They hold down key positions in the State Department, and their liberal interventionist pals have the ear of President Barack Obama.
Clearly, the neocons are skilled operatives, knowing how to arrange a steady stream of funding for themselves, from military contractors donating to think tanks, from U.S. taxpayers footing the bill for organizations like the National Endowment for Democracy, and from ideological billionaires set on aligning U.S. foreign policy with hard-line Israeli desires.
The neocons are adept at writing op-ed articles that twist any set of facts into support for their ideological cause; they supply just the right quote that fits into the news cycles latest narrative; and they host policy conferences that attract powerful politicians and fawning media coverage.
But are the neocons a force that can coexist with the American Republic? Have they become an existential threat not only to the constitutional structure crafted in 1787 but to continued life on the planet? Are they locked on a course of action that could lead to a nuclear holocaust?"
Read more . . .
http://consortiumnews.com/2015/09/15/are-neocons-an-existential-threat/Readers should be aware that Neoconservatives are also Zionists. i "Exclusive: Despite a record of unpreceden... (
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More nonsense from another ELWNJ. Your DNC kool aid must be in good supply
Liberty Tree wrote:
More nonsense from another ELWNJ. Your DNC kool aid must be in good supply
If it were nonsense, it could easily be refuted.
I'm not a Democrat, I'm an American patriot.
Are you an Israeli patriot?
payne1000 wrote:
If it were nonsense, it could easily be refuted.
I'm not a Democrat, I'm an American patriot.
Are you an Israeli patriot?
You are an anti Jew trying to masquerade as an objective thinker.
Liberty Tree wrote:
You are an anti Jew trying to masquerade as an objective thinker.
You must be a Zionist troll since you falsely define anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism.
payne1000 wrote:
You must be a Zionist troll since you falsely claim anti-Zionism to be anti-Semitism.
You pretend to espouse the one to cover up the fact that you are really the other.
The most dangerous people in the world are those with painful1000's thinking.
Liberty Tree wrote:
You pretend to espouse the one to cover up the fact that you are really the other.
You're acting more and more like a Zionist troll.
PoppaGringo wrote:
The most dangerous people in the world are those with painful1000's thinking.
No . . . the really dangerous people are of your ilk--unable to think at all.
payne1000 wrote:
You're acting more and more like a Zionist troll.
The more you post the more your true colors are exposed.
Liberty Tree wrote:
The more you post the more your true colors are exposed.
Repeated insults instead of rebutting the topic is the most common tactic of a troll. You continue to reinforce my assessment of your agenda.
payne1000 wrote:
No . . . the really dangerous people are of your ilk--unable to think at all.
You don't have to think on your own since you are programmed what to think and say.
payne1000 wrote:
Repeated insults instead of rebutting the topic is the most common tactic of a troll. You continue to reinforce my assessment of your agenda.
You are the one who hurls the insults about being a troll. Is that all you got, Mr. anti-Jew, which is your favorite topic?
Liberty Tree wrote:
You are the one who hurls the insults about being a troll. Is that all you got, Mr. anti-Jew, which is your favorite topic?
Truth is my agenda.
When I'm attacked by a person who insults rather than comment on the topic, that is the MO of a troll.
When that same perp continues to try to convert anti-zionism to anti-jew, that reinforces my judgement.
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