Yes, I seriously think there will be major and successful legal actions against
the ringleaders of the Iraq War, the neoconservatives and their associated
policies (including attacks on Iraqi civilians, torture, warrantless wiretaps,
police state measures, assaults on the Constitution, etc.) Why is this so
difficult to envision? Every messianic totalitarian regime, when it is at the
peak of its power, is unable to see coming the powerful backlash that it has
generated. History will judge that the Bush 43 administration has committed
major crimes (including, possibly, its version of the Reichstag Fire with
regard to 9/11).
We know how the neocons acquired control of Bush's "mind" -- Bush is a
Christian Zionist. Christian Zionists are by definition brainwashed tools,
zombies, robots, golems -- putty in the hands of Likud, Greater Israelists and
Old Testament cultists.
The entire Cheney clan (including Dick, Lynne and Liz) appear to have been
ensnared by the neocons through a network of personal friendships. See
#{Elizabeth Drew ON Dick Cheney AND neoconservatives IN The New York Review of
Books}. Note especially Cheney's intimate ties to Kenneth "Cakewalk" Adelman.
No one has ever accused Dick Cheney of being the brightest bulb on the
chandelier -- he was easy pickings for the neocons, who are themselves not very
bright. The neocons traditionally have preyed upon the weakest minds and worst
mediocrities among members of the power elite outside the cult.
It is also the case that Cheney's non-neocon cronies, including Halliburton,
have profited handsomely from the Iraq War -- war profiteering played an
important role in motivating the Iraq War.
With regard to the Weekly Standard, John McCain, etc. -- the neocons have a
long history of hating George H.W. Bush and his entire realist circle -- they
view them as dangerous enemies of Israel and of "the Jews." Much of that
hatred is now beginning to surface against Bush Junior, since he started to
push the Mideast peace process and threaten the dreams of messianic Greater
Israelists at One Jerusalem and other neocon redoubts. Keep in mind that
neocon billionaires and oligarchs control the American mainstream media and can
easily break any public figure in America -- including any president, and
including any Bush from any generation.
LeaNder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- In political-research@yahoogroups.com, Sean McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> [Eventually, once their grasp on the key institutions and instruments
> of power weakens, many of the neoconservative ringleaders of the Iraq
> War, just like many Nazi ringleaders, will face war crimes trials -- it
> is nearly an inevitability].
>
You don't seriously expect that to happen? Neither over here in Europe nor in
the US.
Concerning the Nazi parallels - and I still feel there is a huge difference,
beyond parallel structures - shouldn't Bush and Cheney be the first picks?
Harold Bloom seems to think so too. But thanks for the pointer below. It's time
I started to read Commentary over the times.
I've noticed this by the way :
The great mystery of George W. Bush's presidency is why he ever jumped into bed
with neoconservatives in the first place. During the presidential primaries in
2000, The Weekly Standard, by then neoconservatism's pre-eminent publication,
had preferred John McCain.
...
What transformed Cheney from a mild skeptic about Iraq intervention when he was
defense secretary in the early 1990s (one "former colleague" informs Heilbrunn
that in those days Cheney was "not in thrall" to Wolfowitz) to the unappeasable
hawk he revealed himself to be after 9/11?
