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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (295615)	7/19/2006 10:23:58 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 1573135

So you think Israel is instigating all this? I think the neocon forces are instigating all this. Some of them are in Israel.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (295615)	7/19/2006 11:52:53 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 1573135

Some of the other shoes are starting to drop. The neocons run the govt by manipulating Bush Jr. They are also a big part of Sharon's coalition in Israel. They got their way through one disastser after another by keeping Jr. isolated and playing to his vanities. After so many serial disasters Bush Jr. has become a bit more reluctant to do their bidding, but that just means they try harder. washingtonpost.com "It is Topic A of every single conversation," said Danielle Pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank that has had strong influence in staffing the administration and shaping its ideas. "I don't have a friend in the administration, on Capitol Hill or any part of the conservative foreign policy establishment who is not beside themselves with fury at the administration." .... Most of the most scathing critiques of the administration from erstwhile supporters are being expressed within think tanks and in journals and op-ed pages followed by a foreign policy elite in Washington and New York. But the Bush White House has always paid special attention to the conversation in these conservative circles. Many of the administration's signature ideas -- regime change in Iraq, and special emphasis on military "preemption" and democracy building around the globe -- first percolated within this intellectual community. In addition, these voices can be a leading indicator of how other conservatives from talk radio to Congress will react to policies. As the White House listens to what one official called the "chattering classes," it hears a level of disdain from its own side of the ideological spectrum that would have been unthinkable a year ago. ..... Not all conservatives subscribe to such views. Some prominent conservatives, including William F. Buckley Jr. and George Will, have been skeptical of the mission in Iraq and, in Will's case, much of the ability of America to build democracy abroad. In his syndicated column yesterday, Will referred to the neoconservative complaints in observing that the administration is "suddenly receiving some criticism so untethered from reality as to defy caricature." .... For many neoconservatives, a final straw came with the U.S. decision to offer direct talks and potential benefits to Iran as an inducement to curb its nuclear program. There appears little confidence that Bush will be able to muster support for strong international action against Iran, including air strikes to take out nuclear facilities. "They are starting to see multilateral talks as an end to themselves," said Max Boot, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. "They are fooling themselves to think it could lead to tough sanctions."