DAWN OF THE NEOCONS
by Malik Isasis



The neoconservatives, who I sometimes refer to as destructi-cons, or flying monkeys, ascended to the pinnacle of power during the Republican Party’s trifecta, their holdings of all three branches of government: legislative, executive and judicial. It was the neocons—George Bush and company that postulated that if Iraq were invaded, and Saddam Hussein removed from power, not only would we be greeted as liberators but that Syria and Iran would surely follow with their own democratic revolutions; it was Paul Wolfowitz, neocon, who suggested, “We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction and relatively soon.” It was neocon de jour Vice President Cheney who stated, “I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.” It was President Bush who said, “Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.”

Those statements seemed utterly ridiculous then, and absurd now. However, despite the defeat of the Republicans in last November’s election, the neocons’ international policy strategists appear to still have President Bush by the short and curlies. The neocons are looking to start a fight with Iran and Syria, despite the reality of an overstretched military and a failed policy in Iraq. We have Saudi Arabia on one hand saying that they will go into Iraq if we leave the Sunnis defenseless, and Iran on the other hand who appear to be helping the Shia right now-- and on a third hand, Israel is threatening to use tactical nuclear weapons (weapons of mass destruction) against Iran. The region is a hot mess, in no small part due to the neocons’ vision of a Middle Eastern utopia—where the oil would fatten the asses of American oil conglomerates, and blunt China’s access.

Bush’s and neocons’ attempt to isolate China and Iran has resulted in their forming a closer alliance with one another using trade pacts and oil deals. This is why attempts at sanctions against Iran in the UN Security Council has failed.

If Israel were to attack Iran with ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons, who do you think will back Iran? The US will back Israel.

And North Korea, well that is just another failed policy.

Over the past six years neocons have doggedly destroyed a large part of the United States’ military capacity and readiness, Unites States’ credibility in the world, United States treasury and economy but most importantly, they have destroyed millions of people’s lives—with contempt. And yet, they still have the ear of George W. Bush. He still listens to them in spite of their being wrong about almost every single foreign policy prediction. The corporate media mindlessly states how isolated Bush appears.

He is not.

Bush is supported by Saudia Arabia's House of Saud and Israel's Likud Party. Saudia Arabia's King Abdullah suggested that if the United States pulls out, Saudia Arabia will intervene on the behalf of Sunnis. This threat was cover for the Bush Public Relations Administration to continue to escalate the Occupation in Iraq. Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud Party leader stated:

“Iran is [Nazi] Germany, and this is 1938.”

A powerful statement, meant to evoke Nazi Germany and the holocaust. It is designed to build support for preemptive strikes on Iran.

The same neocons that supported Bush before the invasion and subsequent Occupation still support Bush now. He hasn’t lost any support from the neoconic wet dream of attacking Syria and Iran. In my column on December 25, 2006, I stated:

"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy paper shed light on Bush’s motivation, which to me masked as a diagnosable psychotic break with reality, when historians look back on Bush’s reign, they may very well find that he suffered from a psychiatric mental illness, but for now it appears that he is only a meat puppet with a hand up his ass, moving his mouth. This is why Bush keeps moving forward, even when he doesn’t know what the hell he is doing or when the American people are telling him to stop."

The neocons’ vision of the world is cartoonish, in that they want to rule the world, and by sheer force--no matter the cost. The Bush Public Relations Administration has perfected death and destruction, but has also cultivated their blind spot for diplomacy. Make no mistake about what these people stand for.

Although upwards of 85% of the American people were and are against an escalation of the Occupation, Bush only listens to a higher calling…Saudia Arabia and Israel, with his fragile ego coming in a close third.

Guess where this leaves the American people?

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