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Dr. Stephen J. Sniegoski, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in American history,with a focus on American foreign policy, at the University of Maryland. His focus on the neoconservative involvement in American foreign policy antedates September 11, 2001. His first major work on the subject, “The War on Iraq: Conceived in Israel” was published February 10, 2003, more than a month before the American attack. He is the author of “The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel”. Read more articles by Stephen J. Sniegoski at: http://home.comcast.net/~transparentcabal/
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Chomsky Acknowledges the Neocons as the Dominant Force in Pushing for Iraq War
Chomsky acknowledged that the neoconservatives had been the “dominant force” in the Bush administration, and that they had “pushed through” the Iraq war over many objections even from within the government. What Chomsky
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The Hagel Nomination, Israel, and the Neocons
The neoconservatives have been in the forefront in attacking Hagel while AIPAC has stayed in the background.
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Hagel’s Place in Obama’s New Strategy
A major issue in Washington pertaining to foreign policy and national security affairs is the fight over President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Why is it so important
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The Resiliency of the Neoconservatives: General Petraeus and the Kagans
The neocons’ influence has far exceeded just the lingering effects from their past policy decisions in the George W. Bush administration; rather they continue to energetically work to influence American policy with more than
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Norman Finkelstein and Neocon Denial
Despite denying that the neocons had an effect on US Middle East policy, Finkelstein does grant that the “Jewish neocons pushed long and hard for an attack on Iraq.”
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Gingerly Pussyfooting Around the Third Rail: Semi-Brave Washington Post Ombudsman Mentions Israel’s Nukes
Washington Post’s ombudsman, Patrick B. Pexton, dared to touch on the taboo subject of Israel's nuclear-weapons program in a piece titled “What about Israel’s nuclear weapons?”
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“Would Romney Pursue a Neocon War Agenda?” Revisited
On reading the The FP 50:The 50 most powerful Republicans on foreign policy, I found myself compelled to suggest that people re-read my article “Would Romney Pursue a Neocon War Agenda?” which is very
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Saudi Arabia: The Neocons’ Once and Future Target
Shiites in the Gulf have already become enraged against the Saudis, so this element could serve as an invaluable propaganda instrument to intensify anti-Saudi feeling in the West in order to bring down Israel’s
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The Yinon Thesis Vindicated: Neocons, Israel, and the Fragmentation of Syria
America’s removal of Saddam in a war spearheaded by the pro-Israel neoconservatives served to intensify Sunni-Shiite regional hostility and, in a sense, got the destabilization ball rolling.
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Straussians and Neoconservatives: The Intimate Relationship
For some time there has been a spirited debate on the connection between neoconservatism and political scientist Leo Strauss (1899-1973) and his disciples. Leading neoconservatives have studied under Straussians
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Would Romney Pursue a Neocon War Agenda?
Romney is noted for his “flip-flops” on issues depending on the audience. He is currently surrounding himself with neocon foreign policy advisors. But would he follow such a policy as president
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Washington Is Worth a War: Obama, Iran, and the Israel Lobby
Wright notes that “There are things Obama could do to greatly increase the chances of a negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear problem, but he seems to have decided that doing them would bring
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Has US Support for Israel Reached a Tipping Point?
Whereas opposition to the Vietnam War became very quickly a primary political issue, America’s Israelocentric Middle East policy has not generated significant political opposition as almost all presidential candidates (Ron Paul being the lone
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Gingrich’s Major Backer Arch-Zionist Sheldon Adelson
Adelson’s money enabled Gingrich to win South Carolina, and Adelson could put much more into Gingrich’s campaign
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Israel’s False Flag Operation Against Iran
A series of CIA memos describes how Israeli Mossad agents posed as American spies to recruit members of the terrorist organization Jundallah to fight their covert war against Iran
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