<span class="gmail_quote"></span><br>
<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">As I mentioned, code is frequent in racist literature. PNAC is headed by Mr<br>Perle and he has been tied to Wolfowitz and several other Jewish middle
<br>level bureaucrats as what is refered to as a Neo-Con Conspiracy. The only<br>thing these genlteman have in common is that they are Jewish and not from<br>the left of American politics. If I mention the name of a Junior Proffesor
<br>between the names of the University President and the Dean of a College, am<br>I or am I not infering that all three indiviuals have equal weight in power<br>and prestige?</blockquote><div><br>
Phil --<br>
<br>
Wolfowitz and Perle were not "mid-level bureaucrats." Wolfowitz was,
until recently, the #2 man in the Pentagon, and Perle was (up until he
resigned) head of the Defense Policy Board -- the chief civilian
advisor to the Pentagon. You're also leaving out other prominent
neocons: Elliot Abrams (not Jewish), Robert Zoelick (not Jewish),
Francis Fukayama (definitely not Jewish), Ellen Bork (not Jewish), Dick
Cheney (not Jewish), Rumsfeld (not Jewish), Doug Feith (not Jewish),
John Bolton (not Jewish), John Poindexter (not Jewish), Scooter Libby
(not Jewish), <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>and
Larry Franklin (not Jewish). Of the neocons I can think of, only
Wolfowitz and Perle -- and come to think of it, maybe Doug Feith? --
are Jewish.<br>
<br>
All the identifying characteristics of a neocon except for one have nothing to do with Israel. <br>
<br>
Neocons are pro-business and relatively irreligious. They believe that
only our alliances with Britain, Israel, and Eastern Europe are useful.
They disdain internationalism, see the European Union as an economic
threat rather than a potential ally, and believe in the projection of
unilateral American power. Many were former liberals or leftists. <br>
<br>
I think you can produce a comprehensive list of neocons in government
by listing the interlocking memberships of these groups: Reagan's 'Team
B' ICBM group, people indicted under Iran-Contra, people working for
the Office of Special Plans under Doug Feith, and people involved in
the smear campaign against Ambassador Wilson except for Karl Rove.<br>
<br>
They are largely distinguished by never having produced any policy or
high-level decision that wasn't disastrous and then getting promoted
for it. <br>
</div><br>
Also, I assume you meant that neocons are from the "right".<br>
<br>
-- ACS<br>
<br>
</div><br>