Neocon Dreamin'

Via Sinequanon. I already know that this plan will fail before the Condi's pitches it to our European allies.

On an unannounced trip to ravaged Beirut, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice outlined a plan Monday to deploy an international force, possibly led by NATO, in a buffer zone just inside Lebanon for 60 to 90 days, after which it would expand its mission to help the Lebanese army regain control of the south, Lebanese and U.S. officials said.

Remember, what Bush said of countries that didn't follow his lead unwaveringly...

"Over time it's going to be important for nations to know they will be held accountable for inactivity," he said. "You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror."

This is a White House with no chips to cash in. This White House ignores recent history. Lebanon was one of Ronald Reagan's biggest failures. The words certainly sound the same.

Ronald Reagan on Sept 20, 1982: "... enabling the Lebanese Government to resume full sovereignty over its capital." and "... "not to act as a police force, but to make it possible for the lawful authorities of Lebanon to do so themselves."

We hear that now in Iraq. The neoconservatives have denied for so long that they center America's national security policy on Israel. Why aren't the neocons within and out of the White House telling Bush to avoid Reagan's mistake? The reason is The movement was founded by liberal Jews. (Lieberman fits into the modern movement.) The White House refuses to call for a seize-fire.

Jewish neoconservatives are entitled to be be concerned about the Motherland. That does not give them the right the endanger American lives to further Israel's security interests Especially, when they run counter to the United State's. Richard Perle was in the Reagan admistration when 241 American servicemen were killed during an attack. Perle is still a strong advocate of U.S. force in Lebanon. He isn't worried about the lost of life to U.S. military personal. Just ask Tom Clancy.

Tom Clancy told CNN news of a prewar encounter he had with Pentagon adviser Richard Perle who was one of the main cheerleaders for this invasion of Iraq . He said he almost “came to blows” with Richard Perle who as calling Colin Powell a wuss because “he was overly concerned with the lives of the troops.”

Clancy replied. 'And I said, 'Look ..., he's supposed to think that way!' And Perle didn't agree with me on that. People like that worry me.'"

People like that concern me, too.