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Entry: Investigate the Neocons Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/investigate_the_neocons#3572 Post contents: Yes there is a powerful pro-Israel lobby that supported the war (the chief effect of that support was to bring the Democrats on board), but that's not the primary cause of the war. George W. Bush's father had little problem resisting that pressure, so did Bill Clinton. We are in Iraq because the game is largely up for Republicans and fake conservatives in domestic politics and their leaders know it. . They have no respect for American sovereignty or culture ( the immigration fiasco proved that), they stand for nothing except Wall Street and the country club As insider David Frum said in an excellent editorial ("Building a Coalition, Forgetting to Rule") on Karl Rove a few days ago: "But it has been apparent for many years that the Democratic base is growing faster than the Republican base. The numbers of the unmarried and the non-churchgoing are growing faster than the numbers of married and church-going Americans. The nonwhite and immigrant population is growing at a faster rate than that of white native-borns. The Democrats are the party of the top and bottom of American society; the Republicans do best in the great American middle, which is losing ground. Mr. Rove often reminded me of a miner extracting the last nuggets from an exhausted seam. His attempts to prospect a new motherlode have led the Republican party into the immigration debacle." The Republicans have been extracting the last nuggets - serving Wall Street and appeasing the liberal establishment while screwing their constituents and the nation - since the days of Nixon. Bush wasn't tricked by Neocons, he knew what he was doing. The war in Iraq was a bold and stupid attempt to distract the voters, particularly the Republican base, from the facts outlined by Mr. Frum above. This administration has tried since its inception to reignite the Cold War with Russia or China and when that didn't pan out they decided to play the Galtieri card. A desperate draw to a three card inside straight. Building a Coalition, Forgetting to Rule http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/opinion/14frum.html?ex=1344830400&en=22c81575d2a29d31&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Sent at: 2008 07 09