February 22, 2008
War Mongers
Following my conversation about the Israel Lobby with John Mearsheimer in early January, I thought it would be helpful to take a more detailed look at the neo-cons. So I turned to Jim Lobe, Washington Bureau Chief of the Inter Press Service news agency, a recognized expert on the subject who knows probably almost as much about the neo-cons as they do themselves. Jim explains in a very straight-forward and thoughtful way how the neo-con godlings (my term) are out to create perpetual war. It was kind of Jim to talk with me and I hope we can do it again. Total runtime an hour and thirty one minutes. Enjoy!
Comments
Great interview, George. Thanks.
The holocaust-driven worldview of the neocons is intriguing.
The French president Sarkozy (of Jewish ancestry) recently introduced the 'twinning' of nazi victims with French school children, which seemed a bit odd. Seeing that Sarkozy is the French equivalent of a Neocon, this makes more sense now.
One thing the neocons forget is that what brought about the rise of Hitler and thus the Holocaust, was a fearful, surveilled, terrorized and nonfree society with rigged elections. So why would the neocons pratice exactly the opposite of what they preach?
Posted by: kevinm.pip.verisignlabs.com
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February 26, 2008 6:29 PM
A really useful interview, George, much enjoyed.
Is Jim Lobe the first of your guests to almost agree with your working hypothesis regarding the Iraq war?
Posted by: Richard
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March 2, 2008 12:49 PM
So far only Joel Bleifuss of In These Times agrees. Outside the podcast I believe Werther also agrees (at least with the weaker version of the hypothesis, e.g., 'that's OK if it happens'). It is, evidently, a minority view.
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Posted by: George Kenney
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March 2, 2008 1:06 PM