Chest-Thumping Interventionists
Alan Bock on the it’s-all-about-us brigade
Tag: neoconservatives
The War Party Returns
Justin Raimondo on the new nation-builders
Is Dennis Ross Poisoning the Well?
Kelley Vlahos on a hawk in Obama’s court
Did Bibi Box Obama In?
Buchanan warns Obama: Netanyahu and friends aren’t on your side
The New Neocons
The last futile, expensive, and grotesquely immoral war launched by the United States was authored by those ideological shape-shifters and creatures of legend, the neoconservatives (neocons for short), whose storied history has been the subject of endless books, articles, and memoirs. There’s even a documentary film in which the aforesaid neocons tout their own intellectual … Continue reading “The New Neocons”
Hawks Divided: AfPak or Iran?
A potentially major clash appears to be developing between powerful factions inside and outside the U.S. government, pitting those who see the Afghanistan/Pakistan ("AfPak") theater as the greatest potential threat to U.S. national security against those who believe that the danger posed by a nuclear Iran must be given priority. The Iran hawks, concentrated within … Continue reading “Hawks Divided: AfPak or Iran?”
AIPAC Conference Pushes Hard Line on Iran
The annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the powerful and hawkish pro-Israel lobby, wrapped up on Tuesday with a speech from Vice President Joe Biden, capping three days that were primarily devoted to the threat of a nuclear Iran. Discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Middle East peace process took … Continue reading “AIPAC Conference Pushes Hard Line on Iran”
The Spies Who Got Away
The Israel lobby has been given a blank check, says Justin Raimondo
Has a Stake Been Driven through Neoconservative Foreign Policy?
Ivan Eland says the GOP is dead
Obama and the Neocon Middle East War Agenda
Many Americans, in fact, many people in the world, have been under the impression that Obama’s approach to foreign policy, especially as it pertains to the Middle East, would be the antithesis of that of the Bush administration. This dichotomy, however, is increasingly questionable as the professed advocate of change looks more like a proponent of continuation.