Joe Klein Suggests Jewish Neocons Pushed Iraq War...

[MikeWB]

http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/06/joe-klein-suggests-jewish-neocons-pushed-iraq-war-to-make-world-safe-for-israel.html

Joe Klein Suggests Jewish Neocons Pushed Iraq War to 'Make World Safe for Israel'

Now Joe Klein has raised the issue of dual loyalty around the neoconservatives' motivation for "plump"ing for the Iraq war:
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/06/surge_protection.html

The notion that we could just waltz in and inject democracy into an extremely complicated, devout and ancient culture smacked--still smacks--of neocolonialist legerdemain. The fact that a great many Jewish neoconservatives--people like Joe Lieberman and the crowd over at Commentary--plumped for this war, and now for an even more foolish assault on Iran, raised the question of divided loyalties: using U.S. military power, U.S. lives and money, to make the world safe for Israel. And then there is the question--made manifest by the no-bid contracts offered U.S. oil companies by the Iraqis--of two oil executives, Bush and Cheney, securing a new source of business for their Texas buddies. [emphasis mine]

Beautiful. A war to make the world safe for Israel. (Though I'd note that Klein needs to paste on the figleaf of the oil men having dual loyalty too. Dubious.) And note why Klein is saying this now: the overheated rhetoric re Iran. The realist view of the Israel/Palestine issue is coming inside.