Washington Post fingers Perle as ‘ideological architect of Iraq War’

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Dana Milbank reports that Richard Perle is denying that he is a neocon and that neocons had any influence. Perle states, to guffaws and rage, that the power of neoconservatism is a conspiracy theory believed by 50 million people.
(Q: Will the Washington Post ever fully anatomize the Israel-centric aspects of that ideology? (Apart from the smart, but spasmodic, efforts by diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler--in his Condi bio).
(A: No. As my dad says, adjustments in Jewish power take place "without fireworks.")

P.S. At an earlier occasion for reflection, Perle said that we were "sucked" into attacking Iraq by Saddam's "double agents." Ah, sobriety.

About Philip Weiss

Philip Weiss is Founder and Co-Editor of Mondoweiss.net.
Posted in American Jewish Community, Beyondoweiss, Iraq, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East

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  1. Ed says:
    February 20, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    "neoconservatism is a conspiracy theory believed by 50 million people"

    Including the Neocons themselves, many of whom have acknowledged it is a distinct movement with very specific characteristics? I think what Perle is trying to infer here is that the Jewish Zionist component of Neoconservatism is a "conspiracy theory," even though defense of Zionism is at the top of its agenda, and many of those who acknowledged themselves to be Neocons are Jewish Zionists.

    Perle is a perfect metaphor for Israeli loyalist Neocons and Zionists, who basically make up the facts as they go along, and have no compunction whatsoever about telling bald-faced lies when it suits their latest dilemma.

  2. MRW. says:
    February 20, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    White man's burden By Ari Shavit

    The war in Iraq was conceived by 25 neoconservative intellectuals, most of them Jewish, who are pushing President Bush to change the course of history. Two of them, journalists William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer, say it's possible. But another journalist, Thomas Friedman (not part of the group), is skeptical. [...]

    In the course of the past year, a new belief has emerged in the town: the belief in war against Iraq. That ardent faith was disseminated by a small group of 25 or 30 neoconservatives, almost all of them Jewish, almost all of them intellectuals (a partial list: Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, William Kristol, Eliot Abrams, Charles Krauthammer), people who are mutual friends and cultivate one another and are convinced that political ideas are a major driving force of history.

    White Man's Burden by Avi Shavit on Haaretz.

  3. Dan Kelly says:
    February 20, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    Perle is a perfect metaphor for Israeli loyalist Neocons and Zionists, who basically make up the facts as they go along, and have no compunction whatsoever about telling bald-faced lies when it suits their latest dilemma.

    Yes sir.

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