The Neocons' Victory Lap

You've spent years beating the drums for regime change in Iraq.  After years in the political wilderness, 9/11 happens, and you mount a campaign to link Iraq to the attacks, obscure the focus on terrorism and bring troublesome but unrelated states in the Middle East into the country's military sights.  Ultimately, you get your way, precipitating the most significant politico-military setback the country has faced since Vietnam.  What are you going to do next?

Go to a posh resort in the Bahamas, courtesy of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, to collect a $1000 check and plot U.S. strategy against Iran!  Congratulations!

Via Doug Bandow.

Comments

[Ken Larson]

I am a 2 tour Vietnam Veteran who recently retired after 36 years of working in the Defense Industrial Complex on many of the weapons systems being used by our forces as we speak.

Politicians make no difference.

We have bought into the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). If you would like to read how this happens please see:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/spyagency200703

Through a combination of public apathy and threats by the MIC we have let the SYSTEM get too large. It is now a SYSTEMIC problem and the SYSTEM is out of control. Government and industry are merging and that is very dangerous.

There is no conspiracy. The SYSTEM has gotten so big that those who make it up and run it day to day in industry and government simply are perpetuating their existance.

The politicians rely on them for details and recommendations because they cannot possibly grasp the nuances of the environment and the BIG SYSTEM.

So, the system has to go bust and then be re-scaled, fixed and re-designed to run efficiently and prudently, just like any other big machine that runs poorly or becomes obsolete or dangerous.

This situation will right itself through trauma. I see a government ENRON on the horizon, with an associated house cleaning.

The next president will come and go along with his appointees and politicos. The event to watch is the collapse of the MIC.

For more details see:

http://rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com/2006/11/inside-pentagon-procurement-from.html

[Old-School Democrat]

Neocons think the U.S. should spend billions to defend the border of Israel and then support the open-borders, third-world invasion of the U.S.

The marriage of big business and multiculturalism is the worst thing ever to happen to the American worker.

Big business is using legal and illegal third-world immigration to drive down American wages.

And liberals can side with big business on this issue and use "multiculturalism" to appease their conscience.

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