With all the talk of neoconservative influence, it’s important to remember that neoconservatism is only one of many ingredients in Bush foreign policy–an important ingredient, worth discussing, but it sometimes overshadows everything else. Some antiwar conservatives who are generally sympathetic to the president act as if the thought of invading the Middle East never would have crossed Dubya’s mind were it not for Paul Wolfowitz. Kevin Phillips challenges that belief with an enlightening look at the Bushes:
Dynasties in American politics are dangerous. We saw it with the Kennedys, we may well see it with the Clintons and we’re certainly seeing it with the Bushes. Between now and the November election, it’s crucial that Americans come to understand how four generations of the current president’s family have embroiled the United States in the Middle East through CIA connections, arms shipments, rogue banks, inherited war policies and personal financial links.
While neocon heavies certainly do exert enormous influence in the government, it seems to me that far from “capturing” the president, the president (ie, Dick Cheney) selected them to provide intellectual cover for policies he was going to pursue anyway.
(Gracias to Cursor for the link.)
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