tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post2416688664481699701..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Progressives. Obama, and War: a must-readSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-75317906354635658242009-04-09T00:06:00.000-04:002009-04-09T00:06:00.000-04:00Journalist Philip Weiss on the Neoconservative age...Journalist Philip Weiss on the Neoconservative agenda:<BR/><BR/>"In terms of their politics, they were almost all Democrats and then as soon as the Democratic party suggested that it wasn't going to have a strong military, Norman Podhoretz and Irving Kristol, the grandfathers of this movement, they went Republican. Why? Because they said, back in the 70's, a strong American military is needed to protect Israel."<BR/><BR/>Download an mp3 of Phil saying the above here (9:45 minutes in)<BR/><A HREF="http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/07/12/philip-weiss/" REL="nofollow">Antiwar.com/Radio - 07/12/2008</A><BR/><A HREF="http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/18/philip-weiss-2/" REL="nofollow">Antiwar.com/Radio - 03/18/2009</A><BR/><BR/>Watch the <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vWZTTrceV8" REL="nofollow">BBC documentary "The War Party", (part 1 of 5)</A><BR/><BR/>Check out Phil's articles:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060515/weiss/single" REL="nofollow">Ferment Over the Israel Lobby - The Nation</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/09/shiksa-countries-are-for-practice.html" REL="nofollow">Shiksa countries are for practice</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amconmag.com/2007/2007_06_04/feature.html" REL="nofollow">Blogging about Israel and Jewish identity</A><BR/><BR/>Read Phil's blog on the Neocons, AIPAC, Israel/Palestine @ <A HREF="http://www.philipweiss.org" REL="nofollow">philipweiss.org</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-33476760618715009952009-04-08T21:28:00.000-04:002009-04-08T21:28:00.000-04:00Iraq was pointless.Afghanistan even more so..Iraq ...Iraq was pointless.<BR/><BR/>Afghanistan even more so..<BR/><BR/>Iraq could have been domesticated if it had not been conquered during an incompetent Republican administration..\<BR/><BR/>I could have even done better..<BR/><BR/>Afghanistan has never been conquered... It has at best, only been contained...Every power that has attempted to domesticate it, has failed.<BR/><BR/>The British, were probably the most successful at pacifying the Afghans, but their policy recognized continous fighting on the fringe was a necessity to keep the central areas at near permanent peace...<BR/><BR/>It was just a cost of their involvement.kavipshttp://kavips.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-39278373232791981022009-04-08T16:49:00.000-04:002009-04-08T16:49:00.000-04:00From the very beginning the anti-war movement was ...From the very beginning the anti-war movement was organized by groups like ANSWER and UFPJ, and received no support from elected Democrats, I certainly don't remember Democratic party leaders at any of the rallies and demonstrations, and with good reason, most of them supported the wars. So it is not surprising that Democrats are no longer interested in supporting the movement, since their goal has already been reached: namely, co-opting that movement's message and momentum for their own electoral gain. <BR/><BR/>But the anti-war movement nonetheless continues apace. Just last Saturday there was a large anti-war rally and march in NYC (a few thousand strong) and in a few other cities across the country, organized again by UFPJ and the International action center, among others. Ironically, this happened to be going on at the very same time the discussion of "<A HREF="http://politeaparty.blogspot.com/2009/04/global-warfare-and-corporate-welfare.html" REL="nofollow">whither the anti-war movement</A>" seems to have gotten its legs.d.erishttp://politeaparty.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com