Iraq War Was about Israel, Bush Insider Suggests (9/11 Commission member Zelikow under attack)

Inter Press Service (IPS) ^ | Mar 29, 2004 | Emad Mekay

[verity]

Emad's sister was once bitten by a Jewish moose!

[txhurl]

Second that.

[Alberta's Child]

And their views differ much from Clinton, Gore, the ILA, etc. etc. pushing for the liberation of Iraq and getting our troops out of Saudi how?

Richard Perle wasn't working for the Clinton administration -- if he had been, there is reason to be suspicious that the U.S. invasion of Iraq would have occurred in the mid-1990s. Perle was, however, one of the signatories of the infamous January 26, 1998 Project for a New American Century letter to Bill Clinton, calling for the U.S. to abandon its "containment" approach to Iraq and instead make the removal of Saddam Hussein a U.S. foreign policy objective.

And all the papers written on behalf of the Saudis, Kuwaitis, Kurds, even Iraqis to get rid of Saddam - should we attribute conspiracy to them?

Absolutely. The Kuwaitis in particular. The actions of the first Bush administration in orchestrating a propaganda campaign to generate public support for the war to "liberate Kuwait" was one of the most disgraceful episodes in recent U.S. history.

[Shermy]

Richard Perle wasn't working for the Clinton administration -- if he had been, there is reason to be suspicious that the U.S. invasion of Iraq would have occurred in the mid-1990s.

So you're saying the invasion wouldn't occur if Perle didn't exist?

Any way Clinton did try to create the environment to support an invasion. His initiative failed. And he didn't have the gumption of 9/11 to spice up the motivation to finish Gulf War I.

[Mitchell]

Ping.

[Allan]

Israel considered Iran a much greater threat than Iraq.

[AmericanVictory]

Still fighting the War of 1812, eh? How's the socialism up there? Think it's connected with Canada's lackluster economic performance? How strong would you be if you didn't get a free ride on the backs of the U.S. military, eh?

[Alberta's Child]

So you're saying the invasion wouldn't occur if Perle didn't exist?

That's an interesting question. Probably yes -- assuming someone else with connections in the U.S. government had undertaken the 1996 effort with the Netanyahu government in israel.

Any way Clinton did try to create the environment to support an invasion. His initiative failed. And he didn't have the gumption of 9/11 to spice up the motivation to finish Gulf War I.

How did Clinton try to "create the environment" to support an invasion? And are you saying that the Bush administration has used 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq?

[Alberta's Child]

For the life of me, I have no idea what you're talking about. I think you should post a reply to my opinions based on the assumption that I am an American.

[Coop]

Doesn't bother me in the least.

[af_vet_1981]

this is precisely why people like Richard Perle and Douglas Feith should never have been allowed to work for the Bush administration in the first place.

The Bush Administration is blessed to have the service of these men.
Bush/Cheney Bump!

[Alberta's Child]

Doesn't bother me in the least.

You mean it doesn't bother you as a general matter of principle, or it doesn't bother you because you consider U.S. interests as secondary to the interests of a foreign nation in this particular case?

[Coop]

I mean that our motivation for removing a brutal dictator that has been attacking its neighbors, including a close strategic ally, doesn't bother me a bit. Was Israel included in the equation? I would certainly hope so.

[Pietro]

"I thought it was about oil."

Halliburton! Its about Halliburton! Halliburton!

[Alberta's Child]

I guess that's where we differ. Israel is not a "close strategic ally" of the United States in any sense of the phrase.

The implication of the points raised in this article is that Israel was not a factor in U.S. policy towards Iraq over the last few years, but the factor -- which would indicate that the U.S. would otherwise have had no problem with "a brutal dictator that has been attacking its neighbors."

[Coop]

You're correct. That is the implication of this article.

[justshutupandtakeit]

What a load of crap.

Apparently you are unaware that regime change in Iraq was the policy of the US Government since 1998 as articulated in an ACTUAL LAW.

Leftists hate men like Wolfowitz, Feith and Perle because of their brilliant development of an actionable policy after 8 yrs of flopping around. Thus, they must be defended against the attacks from the Evil Ones and the Ignorant.

You'll never understand because you apparent are gullible enough to swallow whatever crap the RATmedia and Bush haters are peddling.

[hoosierboy]

Why would Iraq attack America or use nuclear weapons against us?

They say the same thing about north korea, china, pakistan, russia.... Sorry I don't buy it.

[Alberta's Child]

Apparently you are unaware that regime change in Iraq was the policy of the US Government since 1998 as articulated in an ACTUAL LAW.

And your point is . . . ?

Leftists hate men like Wolfowitz, Feith and Perle because of their brilliant development of an actionable policy after 8 yrs of flopping around.

Leftists hate these guys for whatever reason they hate them. The information I've posted on this thread has nothing to do with that -- I raised specific points with regard to Perle and Feith that would have been considered UTTERLY DAMNING here on this thread if these two had been working in the 1990s on behalf of any other nation in the world besides Israel. If you want to dispute what I've posted here, then do so.

I hardly consider Wolfowitz, Feith, and Perle "brilliant" in their development of an "actionable policy," whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.

You'll never understand because you apparent are gullible enough to swallow whatever crap the RATmedia and Bush haters are peddling.

Now that's a brilliant point. I'll guess you'll never understand because you've accepted everything the GOP sycophants have been peddling on the airwaves and in the print media these days. /sarcasm off/

[Alberta's Child]

Would you be disturbed if you found out that Mr. Perle had to function as an "unpaid advisor" to the Bush administration instead of a Defense Department appointee specifically because he was unable to secure the appropriate security clearances required for Defense Department personnel?