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Neo-Conned! Again

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by D Liam O'Huallachain


  Iraq: The Birth of Time, 660

  Iraq war (2003-?): American business as beneficiaries of, 33, 187–188, 651, 656–657; anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism and opposition to, 166–167; Arab-Israeli conflict and, 651–654; biblical views on, 149–152; bombing raids in buildup to, 5–6; Brzezinski's opposition to, 107–108; Bush obsession with, 46, 279–280; Catholic opposition to, 171, 174, 177–179, 233–234, 354–359, 661–662; Catholic support of, 153–157, 171–179; Christian Zionist support for, 149–153, 160–161; civilian casualties and death toll from, 152, 358, 635; costs to U.S. of, 752–755; decline of American hegemony and, 389–397; dollarization policy as result of, 413–414; economic impact in Iraq of, 4–5, 752–755; electric power grid attacked during, 619; “embedded” journalists in, 600–602; Euro-dollar conflict and, 399–417; “evil” regimes justification for, 182; friendly fire incidents in, 626–627; good and evil marketing theme for, 610–613; historical background on, 3–11; intelligence failures in buildup to, 249–275; Iraqi 51st division surrender fabrication and, 631–632; Israel's role in, 116, 118–119, 122–123, 140, 183–184; Joint Chiefs of Staff opposition to, 184; justifications for, 118; just-war theory and, 58, 128–129, 136–137; legal issues in, 58, 375–382; letters in support of, 113–114; marketing of, 605–642; media coverage of, 564–583, 593–603, 635; neoconservatives influence on, 87, 101–102, 111–124; oil as basis for, ixx-xxiii, 15–16, 140, 357, 651–653; opposition to, 107; peace proposals in, 757–759; possible U.S. loss of, 734–737; prisoner executions in, 627–628; September 11, 2001, attacks as basis for, 101, 108–109; Shula district bombing in, 628; split in Christian support of, 180–184; strategic influence campaign for, 605–642; United Nations and, 14–17, 360–371; as unjust war, 136–137; U.S. military casualties and, 742–743; U.S. military personnel opposition to, 222–245; war on terror linked to, 308–327, 709–710; witnesses' testimony on events in, 579–581; yellowcake uranium controversy and buildup to, 495–504

  Iraqi Governing Council: electoral politics and, 766; profiteering and, 189

  Iraqi insurgency. See Resistance movement in Iraq Iraqi National Congress, 8; electoral politics and, 767; Information Collection Program and, 266–269; as information source, 253–256, 271–272, 283; Iraq war buildup and role of, 259–261; strategic influence campaign and, 619, 637–640; trial of Saddam Hussein and, 810–811

  Iraqi National Front, 793

  Iraqi Police Force, 745–752

  Iraqi Special Tribunal, 796–798; legal status of, 810–817; trial of Saddam Hussein and, 810–817

  Irons, Peter, 449

  Isenberg, David, 747

  Isikoff, Michael, 506

  Islamist fundamentalism: insurgency fed by, 694–701; terrorism and, 319–321

  IslamMemo (website), 727n.3

  IslamOnline.net (website), 719

  ISNAD Committee, 797–798

  Isolationist conservatism, 117, 175

  Israel: American Empire ideology and, 183–184; anti-Zionism and, 165–167; Armageddon ideology concerning, 147–149; bombing in Iraq by, 158; Bush policy reversals on, 251; Christian Zionists' support for, 142–143, 154–161, 169; establishment of, 138; evangelical Christian support for, 138, 143, 154–157, 183; Iraq War and security of, 7, 32, 116, 118–119, 149–152, 160–161, 183–184, 299–300, 655–657; Jewish-American attitudes concerning, 110; neoconservative support for, 80–109, 116, 120–124, 204–207; nuclear arsenal of, 32–33; Resolution 520

  violations by, 50; Six-Day War, 133; Truman's recognition of, 165; U.S. foreign policy dominated by, 32–35, 118–121, 157–161, 694–695; U.S. support of, 395–397, 650–651; Zionism in, 137–141

  Israel Report, 99

  Israel's Fateful Hour, 86

  Israeli Embassy in U.S., 159

  Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 137

  Israeli Right, 81

  Jaafari, Ibrahim al-, 751, 760, 762, 767, 770, 773, 789–790, 792

  Jabotinsky, Vladimir, 138

  Jackson, Bruce, 412

  Jackson, Jesse, 506

  Jackson, Henry (“Scoop”), 265, 275

  Jacobins, democracy theory and, 65–66, 68, 78

  Jacoby, Lowell, 515, 726

  Jaff, Ahmad, 733–734

  Jamadi, Manadel al-, 517–518, 542

  Jamail, Dahr, 580, 709n.1, 722–723, 773–774

  James, Graham, 592

  Jane's Information Group, 98

  Janowitz, Morris, 210–213

  Japan, dollar reserves of, 414–417

  Japanese internments in U.S., 446, 448n.2, 449–450

  Jefferson, Thomas, 71

  Jenkins, Jerry, 145

  Jennings, Peter, 588

  Jerusalem Institute of Biblical Polemics, 163

  Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, 82, 94, 139

  “Jewish Threat”: Anti-Semitic Politics in the U.S. Army, The” 214–215

  Jewish World Review, 178

  Jewish Zionists, 142

  Jews. See also Judaism: Catholic relations with, 166; Christian Zionists' definitions of, 147; contemporary, 149; Democratic Party supported by, 10; neoconservative ties to, 110–124

  Jews Against Zionism, 139n.3

  Jews Not Zionists, 139n.3

  John Birch Society, 176

  John Paul II (Pope), 177, 233, 355–359; Aziz meeting with, 662–672

  Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 290, 401

  Johnson v. Eisentrager, 46n.3, 454–455

  John the Baptist (Saint), 168

  Joint Chiefs of Staff: Gonzales confirmation opposed by, 513–514; opposition to Iraq war by, 257; strategic influence campaign in Iraq war and, 636–640

  “Joint Declaration of the 18th International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee Meeting,” 140–141

  Joint Intelligence and Debriefing Center (JIDC), 540–543

  Joint Interrogation and Detention Center, 536

  Joint Service Conference on Professional Ethics, 134–135

  Joint Task Force 121, 540–541

  Jones, E. Michael, 170–179

  Jones, Jim, 249

  Jonestown tragedy, 249

  Jordan, 97; Chalabi in, 254–255; profiteering in Iraq by, 194

  Jordan, Steven, 536, 540, 542

  Joseph, Robert, 496

  Journalistic confidentiality, Plamegate and, 490–507

  Journal of Canadian Studies, 113

  Judaism. See also Jews: conversion to, 149; Zionism and, 138–141, 143–147

  Judge Advocate General (JAG) lawyers: Guantánamo detainees and, 447, 501n.1; in Gulf War 1, 446; torture allegations concerning detainees and, 513–515

  Judt, Tony, 319

  Jus ad bellum criteria: Catholic view of, 129–131; identification of parties in, 427–429; international humanitarian law and, 440–441; just-war theory and, 128; UN Charter and, 365–371

  Jus in bello criteria, 128; armed conflict legal principle and, 421–441; identification of parties and, 427–429

  Just and Unjust Wars, 133

  Just-cause principle, just-war theory and, 128

  Justice: Chomsky's discussion of, 43–53; comparative, 129–132

  Justice At War, 449

  Justice Department (U.S.): Abu Ghraib prison scandal investigation and, 516–517, 530–536; documentary evidence on Guantánamo detainees, 510–513; Guantánamo detainees and, 466–482, 509–510; investigations into prisoner abuse by, 519–529; Plame investigation and, 499; torture defined by, 512–513

  Just-war theory: armed conflict legal principle and, 421–441; Catholic view of, 129–134, 357–359; Chomsky's discussion of, 53–55; criteria for, 127–128, 135; description of, 128–129, 182; disintegration of, 129–131; disregard of, 134–137; international humanitarian law and, 440; Iraq war in context of, 128–129; marketing campaign for Iraq war using, 613–614; Middle East application of, 132; misuse of intelligence in support of, 277–306; public opinion of, 137; subversion of, 131–134; UN Charter and, 364–371; Walzer's view of, 135

  Kagan, Robert:
on American foreign policy, 111; American hegemony ideology and, 181; as neoconservative, 67, 75, 92; pre-Iraq war buildup and, 257; Project for a New American Century and, 102; Project for Republican Future and, 88–89

  Kamel, Hussein, 267, 292

  Kampelman, Max, 73

  Karpinski, Janis, 526–536, 538, 544–545

  Katzman, Kenneth, 730

  Kay, David, 277, 630

  Keen, Sam, 589–590

  Kehoe, Gregory W., 811

  Kellogg, Brown, and Root, 203

  Kellogg-Briand Pact, 822

  Kemble, Penn, 73

  Kemp, Jack, 75

  Kendall, Wilmoor, 176

  Kennedy, D. James, 142n.1

  Kennedy, Edward, 592

  Kennedy, John F. Jr., 451

  Kennedy, William, 462

  Kenney, George, 136n.1

  Kent, Sherman, 266

  Kerry, John, 35, 170, 271n.2, 335–336

  Kessler, Glenn, 95

  Khalilzad, Zalmay, 89, 257, 263

  Kharrazi, Kamal, 789

  Khedairy, Amal, 793–794

  Khomeini, Ayatollah, 31

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 12

  Kiesling, Brady, 350

  King, Brad, 398

  King, John, 97

  King Faisal, 24

  Kinsley, Michael, 47

  Kipper, Judith, 731

  Kiracofe, Clifford, 251

  Kirk, Russell, 178

  Kirkpatrick, Jeanne, 75, 102, 115

  Kissinger, Henry: dollar-fiat money agreement and, 406; international law violations of, 53; Iraqi elections and, 761–762; Israeli policies and, 35; nuclear non-proliferation and, 343; petro-dollar recycling and, 402; Vietnam War and, 350

  Kissinger Associates, 194

  Kivunim periodical, 84

  KLA guerillas, 55

  Klein, Morton, 160

  Klein, Naomi, 104, 186–193, 580, 785–786

  Knickmeyer, Ellen, 701, 707–708, 757

  Knight Ridder news service, 717–718, 725–726, 791, 795

  Kollar-Kotelly, Coleen, 471n.2

  “Kool-Aid” pledge, support for Iraq and, 249–275

  Kopper, Hilmar, 408

  Korematsu, Fred, 449

  Kosovo war, 54–56, 113, 136n.1, 377

  Kraft, Joseph, 577–578

  Krauthammer, Charles, 69, 75, 102, 114; Defense Department talking points from, 202; on Negroponte, 298

  Kristol, Irving, 83–84, 175; American military culture and, 211–212, 214

  Kristol, William: American Empire ideology and, 67–68, 181; on American foreign policy, 111–113; Defense Department talking points from, 202; description of, 111–113; euro-dollar conflict and, 412; as Jewish luminary, 110; letters to George W. Bush, 102, 113–114, 154; pre-Iraq war buildup and, 257; Project for a New American Century and, 7; Project for the Republican Future and, 88–89

  Kritsiosis, Dino, 440n.2

  Krohn, Charles, 740

  Kubba, Ed, 193

  Kubba, Laith, 186

  Kucinich, Dennis, Perle debate with, ixx Kurds: gassing by Iraqis of, 328–331; independent state for, 654–655; Iraq electoral results for, 783–784; in Iraqi Army, 744–752; U.S. relations with, 719n.5, 721n.3, 790; on Zarqawi, 704–705

  Kurnaz, Murat, 442

  Kurtz, Howard, 594–595, 778–779

  Kuttner, Robert, 108

  Kut War Cemetery, 21

  Kuwait: Iraqi occupation of, 7, 29, 86–87, 654, 831–832; U.S. marketing campaign for support of, 832–839

  Kwiatkowski, Karen, 122–123, 198–207, 240–242, 264–266

  Kyl, John, 110, 284

  LaFranier, Sharon, 579

  Laghi, Pio Cardinal, 355

  LaHaye, Beverly, 142n.1

  LaHaye, Tim, 142n.1, 145, 150–151, 156–157

  Lang, W. Patrick, xvii, 249–275

  Language in media war coverage, biases in, 577–581

  Lantos, Tom, 836

  Laqueur, Walter, 316, 318–319

  La Repubblica, 359

  Laroque, Jane, 603

  Lasseter, Tom, 716–717

  Last resort principle, just-war theory and, 128, 136n.1

  Late Great Planet Earth, The, 147–148

  Latin America: CIA regime change initiatives in, 666–667; decline of U.S. hegemony in, 394–395; electoral politics in, 757n.2; massacre of Jesuits in, 48

  Lavine, John, 593–594

  Law of Land Warfare, 763–764

  Lawrence, T. E., 25

  Lawyers Against the War, 547–548

  League of Nations, Iraq and, 647–648

  Leahy, James A., 535n.1

  Lebanon: electoral politics in, 764; Israeli conflict with, 84–86; Israeli occupation of, 199–200; Syria and, 50

  Ledeen, Michael: Iraq War buildup and, 107, 257; Israeli policies and, 35, 120; military culture and, 220; as neoconservative, 89; yellowcake uranium scandal and, 283

  Ledford, Andrew K., 518, 542

  Lee, Barbara, 248, 272n.1

  Lee, Bill Lann, 549

  Lee, Martin, 835

  Legitimate authority, just-war theory and, 127–129

  Lempres, Michael, 190–191

  Leon, Richard, 470–482

  Levin, Carl, xvi-xvii, 271n.2, 273; Abu Ghraib prison scandal investigation and, 516–517, 532; on Iraqi Army and Police force claims by Pentagon, 746; prisoner abuse investigations and, 521–522

  Levy, Adrian, 551–552

  Levy, David, 86

  Lewis, Bernard, 255, 257–258

  Lewrockwell.com (website), 172, 174, 241

  Lex specialis principle, international humanitarian law and, 424

  Libby, Bill, 739

  Libby, I. Lewis (“Scooter”): euro-dollar conflict and, 412; as neoconservative, 89, 94; Office of Special Plans and, 262–264, 266, 283; Wilson-Plame scandal and, 494–495, 500–504

  Liberal Conspiracy, The, 175

  Likud Party, 81–82, 84–86, 104, 121, 157–161

  Limbaugh, Rush, 124

  Lincoln, Abraham, 448n.1, 796

  Lind, Michael, 123

  Lindh, Anna, 435n.1

  Lindorff, Dave, 248

  Lindsey, Hal, 147–149

  Linzer, Dafna, 343

  Lisbon Protocol, 337

  Lloyd George, David, 23

  Lobe, Jim, 94–95, 122, 736–737

  Lorentz, Al, 240–245

  Los Angeles Times: Iraqi electoral politics coverage in, 771–772; Iraqi resistance movement stories in, 709–710, 728; on media coverage of Iraq war, 594; post-election unrest in Iraq in, 787

  Lott, Trent (Senator), 89

  Lower, Joshua, 751

  Lowey, Nita, 121

  Lowry, Rich, 121–122

  Luce, Henry, 401

  Lukacs, Géorg, 215

  Lummis, Doug, 14–15

  Luti, Bill, 200, 262–266, 283

  Luttwak, Edward, 28–30, 34–41, 690–692, 820

  Lutz, David W., 126–169, 198

  Lynch, Jessica story, 603, 614–616

  MacArthur, Douglas, 128n.1

  MacArthur, John, 836–837

  MacDonald, Kevin, 83

  MacGaffin, John, 188

  Mackinder, Halford J., 410–411

  Maher, Bill, 588–589

  Majid, Dana Ahmad, 704

  Ma'jun, Sami Azara al-, 189

  Malachy, Yona, 157

  Mallat, Chibli, 428n.3

  Maloof, Michael, 260

  Manichean theory, global hegemony ideology and, 182–184

  Manion, Christopher, 172, 174, 178

  Manion, Clarence, 172

  Mankiewicz, Frank, 834

  Mann, James, 94

  Mannheim, Karl, 210

  Marcuse, Herbert, 211

  Margolis, Eric, 764, 795

  Margulies, Joseph, 442–464, 483–489

  Marketing campaign for Gulf War, 830–839

  Marketing campaign for Iraq war, 605–642. See also Strategic influence campaign in Iraq war Marshall, Andrew, 701

  Marsh
all, George C., 74n.2, 559

  Marshall, Joshua, 495, 503, 566

  Marshall Plan, 401

  Marsh & McLennan, 190–191

  Martin, David, 629

  Martin, Julie, 191

  Martin, Samuel, 20, 26

  Martino, Renato Cardinal, 355

  Marx, Karl, military education and, 209–211

  Masood, Ahmad Shah, 31

  Massey, Jimmy (Jim), 223, 225–231

  Matthews, Chris, 111, 116, 504, 590, 596–597

  Maude, Stanley, 19–20, 23

  Mauer, Gerald, 640

  Mayer, Jean, 519, 697–699

  McCaffrey, Barry, 711, 724n.2, 751–752

  McCain, John: Abu Ghraib prison scandal and, 532–533; Defense Authorization Act amendments of, 604; neoconservatives' support for, 93, 113

  McCarthy, Joe, 115

  McClellan, Scott, 625–626, 764

  McConnell, John, 112

  McConnell, Scott, 103

  McDonnell, Patrick, 723–724

  McFarlane, Robert, 298

  McGovern, Ray, xxi-xxii, 248, 276–305, 343

  McGovern, Rick, 749–750

  McKinley, Michael, 744n.2, 747

  McLaughlin, John, 286–288, 291

  McNeill, Daniel, 525

  Meacher, Michael, 80, 700

  Media coverage. See also Access journalism; Journalistic confidentiality; Television news: anonymous sourcing rules for, 568–573; of Catholic opposition to Iraq war, 356–359; censorship issues in, 598–602; CIA manipulation of, 174–176; of dollar fiat money agreement, 406–407; of elections in Iraq, 757–759, 776–781; “embedded” reporters in Iraq war and, 600–602; engineered and false stories in, 613–630; foreign news decline in, 594–603; of Guantánamo detainees, 379–380; human rights evidence in, 580–581; ideological nationalism in, 688–713; internet vs.

  television in, 702n.3; of Iraqi deaths and casualties, 358–359; of Iraqi resistance movement, 687, 703–721, 727–734; of Iraq war, 206–207, 564–603; marketing of Gulf War through, 832–839; of misuse of intelligence, 278; neoconservative influence in, 174–176, 584–603; of political solutions in Iraq, 757–759; pool system for war coverage and, 599–603; self-censorship in, 598–603; strategic influence marketing campaign for Iraq war in, 608–642; terminology and descriptions used in war coverage and, 573–576; terrorism language and terminology of, 576–581; of U.S. military casualties and deaths, 727n.3; of war on terror, 693–703; witnesses' testimony as part of, 578–581; of Zarqawi, 689, 691–692, 701–713

  Media Research Center, 588

 

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