01.29.07

The Bush Surge, Nukes and Neocons

Posted in General at 2:53 pm by MamaSaid

In accordance with my tirade about the Bush surge and the country’s desire to impeach this dictator, I would like to shed a little light on neoconservatism, conspiracy, nuclear war plans and the abuse of our military as a result.

Neoconservatism was born in the 1960’s and became official during the 1970’s with a significant presence under the administration of both George Bush and George Bush Jr. The folks who follow this mode of socio-political thought are referred to as neocons. Neocons include politicians, analysts and journalists who have had an aggressive influence, mostly detrimental, on United States foreign policy. Leo Strauss pushed neoconservatism into the public mainstream in the 1970s through his teachings at the University of Chicago and the bestseller The Closing of the American Mind, written by his pupil Allan Bloom. Neoconservatism has also been accused of being a codeword for Jewish and a movement led for the benefit of Israel, not in the actual interests of American people.

Irving Kristol was one of the founders of neoconservatism, currently sits on the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) and is a Senior Fellow of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). William Kristol, Irving’s son, is the editor of the Washington based Weekly Standard. A contributing editor to the Weekly Standard is Robert Kagan of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Robert Kagan is also on the board of directors of the Project of the New American Century (PNAC), a Washington based think tank run by William Kristol, with direct ties to the Bush Cabinet. Frederick Kagan of AEI, the brother of Robert Kagan, is considered to be a major architect in Bush’s latest surge of over 20,000 troops.

The Financial Times reported on January 2, 2007 that Frederick Kagan, with General Jack Keane, argued, “any troop increase must be large and lasting…a surge of at least 30,000 combat troops lasting 18 months or so.”

Irving Kristol, William Kristol, Robert Kagan and Frederick Kagan are all committed to the teachings of Leo Strauss and engaging in America’s “long war”, a war without borders. Add to this that Bush’s surge is derived from a document entitled Rebuilding American Defenses, which was co-authored by Donal Kagan (father of Frederick and Robert Kagan and Professor of History at Yale University), Gary Schmidt (PNAC Project Coordinator with Donald Kagan, resident fellow at AEI and colleague of Frederick Kagan) and Thomas Donnelly (main author, resident fellow at AEI and colleague of Frederick Kagan). In this document, the PNAC recommends an expansion of active-duty strength from 475,000 to 525,000 and states the the Army National Guard should “play its essential role in fighting large scale wars” while minimizing civilian functions.

The same group authored a Letter to Congress Increasing U.S. Ground Forces in 2005, stating steps to be taken were, “to increase substantially the size of active duty Army and Marine Corps” because the “United States military is too small for the responsibilities we are asking it to assume.”

Consider the relationship with Washington based think tanks such as Carnegie and PNAC, along with the complex family and personal ties between neocons and it really smells like a long-term conspiracy orchestrated for the gain of a few at the expense of many.

Add to all this Congressman Charles Rangel’s 2006 bill introduced to U.S. Congress seeking to restore the draft, ironically described as an “anti-war” tactic directed against the Bush administration. Further irony, on January 10, 2007, the same day as the Bush “surge”, Congressman Rangel reintroduces his bill, entitled the Universal National Service Act of 2007. Although Rangel is opposed to sending more troops to Iraq, his bill directly serves the interests of the Bush Administration. The reintroduction of the draft is now on the books of Congress and could be used to substantiate bipartisan legitimacy to support Bush’s “surge”.

Furthermore, there is already what is called a “concealed military draft” going on where U.S Marines are recalling and legally summoning over 14,000 inactive servicemen to serve in the Middle East and Iraq. This is done with no regard for the servicepeople, their current lives and their families. This concealed military draft has caused severe hardship for many, which remains largely unpublicized.

Also consider the thinly disguised operation of the government in executing Hussein and his associates to hype up the situation around Iran and the Middle East. Isreali military and political circles have been making statements since October, 2006 about possible nuclear attack on the allegedly “unstoppable” Iran. Bush Jr. supports these ideas and the possible necessity of nuclear strikes and a second United States aircraft carrier is scheduled to arrive at the Persian Gulf during the end of January. Colonel Same Gardiner (USAF Retired) states, “The second carrier strike group leaves the United States west coast on Tuesday. It will be joined by naval mine clearing assets from both the United States and the UK. Patriot missile defense systems have also been ordered to deploy to the Gulf. This has to be called escalation. We have to remind ourselves, just as Iran is supporting groups inside Iraq, the United States is supporting groups inside Iran. Just as Iran has special operations troops operating inside Iraq, we have read the United States has special operation troops operating inside Iran.”

The domestic and international ramifications of this good old boys’ conspiracy are alarming – mass destruction while they remain protected in their ivory towers, armed with the knowledge of their diabolical master plan. Col. Gardiner says, “I do not accept the notion that the first casualty of war is truth.” I agree Col. Gardiner – MamaSaid there’d be days like this…