Remembering that one of the first flowering of neoconservatism was "A Clean Break: Defense of the Realm [Israel]," prepared for then-Prime Minister Netanyahu in 1996, we might look for neocons increasingly isolated in the Bush administration and outraged at what they see as an attempt to set up a semi-effective Palestinian state under Abbas.
David Wurmser, one of the authors of "A Clean Break," resigned as Cheney’s chief Middle East adviser in July 2007, a month after the Gaza coup, and is quoted in the article as piously objecting to “engaging in a dirty war in an effort to provide a corrupt dictatorship [led by Abbas] with victory.” The neocons prefer complete abjection of the Palestinians in "defense of the realm." --CGE
Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Bryan Atinsky wrote:
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>> http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/04/gaza200804
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>> This is a long article, so I only have below the first section:
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> Was this a surprise to anyone in the Middle East? As I recall,
> Gilbert Achcar said this was Bush strategy when I interviewed him
> last January <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#070104>.
>
> Doug
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