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Perhaps we should take a break on looking for Saddam Hussein, Osama bin
Laden, William ³Slots² Bennett, or even James J. ³Whitey² Bulger. For
me, the key question today is: Where is Richard Perle? Before the
launching of Iraq War No. 2, in March 20, 2003, Perle, America¹s Iago,
regularly appeared on TV and cable TV programs, on radio, and in the
print media, too. He repeated, ad infinitum, ad nauseam, why it was so
absolutely critical for the U.S. to immediately invade Iraq. America
was ³at risk,² he said, with that ubiquitous smirk on his mug. There
wasn¹t a moment to lose. ³Saddam has WMD,² he told us, and he also
³hates America² and poses a dire ³threat to our security?² The shifty
Perle, the Mother of all Neo-cons, also predicted, like former Defense
Department official, Ken Adelman, that a U.S. invasion of Iraq would be
a ³cakewalk!² It will be ³easy,² he boasted. We would also be
³exporting democracy² to the Iraqi people, who will ³welcome us² with
open arms ³as liberators,² he claimed over and over again in similar
words. Cakewalk! Easy! Exporting Democracy! Liberators! Sure!
Now, Perle is among the missing! The man with the sinister-looking
scowl hasn¹t showed up on the Talking Head circuits since about the
time the U.S. occupation of Iraq began going sour. Could he be hiding
out in his beloved Israel, in a safe house provided by Benjamin
Netanyahu, a/k/a ³Bend-the-Truth Yahoo²? Or, are the War Hawks, Rep.
Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), telling him to keep
a low profile by working temporarily as an extra on a Hollywood movie?
Who knows?
It¹s a certainty that the idea of ³regime change² for Baghdad was first
hustled in Zionist Israel. A 1996 paper concocted by Perle, Douglas
Feith and David Wurmser, entitled, ³A Clean Break: A New Strategy for
Security the Realm,² called for, inter alia, ³the removal of Saddam
Hussein and the installation of a Hashemite monarchy in Baghdad.²
The ³realm² Perle, Feith and Wurmser were seeking to secure, however,
wasn¹t America¹s, but Israel¹s! The study was intended as a blueprint
for the then-upcoming Likud-dominated government of Netanyahu. Feith
now works for ³our² Defense Department, in a high policy post, while
Wurmser is planted in the State Department as a ³special assistant.²
(³Examining the Role of Israel-and its American Friends-in Promoting
War on Iraq,² Allan C. Brownfeld, WRMEA, May, 2003).
For a while, Perle was a chief honcho of the Defense Policy Board,
which advised Donald Rumsfeld and reported directly to another shadowy
figure, Deputy Defense Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz. Perle was recently
forced to resign from the top post, but still remains on the Board.
Perle is a notorious Israeli Firster. He is a member of the Jewish
Institute of National Security Affairs (JINSA). He is also a research
fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a hard line, right wing
³think tank,² that has slated Iran as America's next war target. Perle
advocates a so-called ³Pax Americana,² a new American Empire, which
promotes America¹s world domination. Gee, I wonder if Israel will
benefit from that scheme, too?
Perle serves, also, on the Board of Advisors of the Foundation for
Defense of Democracy (FDD)-another right wing group, which is, of
course, fanatically pro-Israel. He hangs out with Super-Hawks, such as:
Charles Krauthammer, William Kristol and Gary Bauer.
In fact, Perle is a master deceiver! American soldiers are now dying in
Iraq, 30 since President George W. Bush declared ³mission accomplished²
on board the USS Lincoln, on May 1, 2003. As the body bags of our
fallen heroes return to Dover, Delaware¹s Air Force base, loved ones
have every right to blame Perle, and his ilk, for their losses.
The Iraq invasion was not a ³cakewalk.² Iraq doesn¹t have WMD, nor did
it have any ties to terrorists, as Perle tooted. And, the Iraqi people
bitterly resent the U.S./British invasion and occupation of their
country.
The unnecessary and immoral destruction by Coalition Forces of Iraq¹s
gas, water and electrical works, the bombing of their cities, pollution
of their lands and rivers by toxic chemicals, leaking raw sewage and
tons of depleted uranium, the death and injuries to countless thousands
of innocent civilians, and the mostly total collapse of its social,
health, cultural and monetary systems, too, has been a human
catastrophe of the first magnitude. A country of 25.5 million souls has
become a living hell for no darn good reason. Opponents of the war have
nothing to regret.
Democracy, Perle¹s rotten lies to the contrary, is not, like Coke Cola,
an exportable product. Americans troops now face death around every
corner in Iraq, as the situation on the ground begins to resemble the
guerrilla warfare conditions of the British-occupied north of Ireland
during the late 70s. The Iraqi war will only be over when the Iraqi
people say so. The cost to U.S. taxpayers could hit $1.6 trillion. And,
this totally uncalled for conflict has created even more enemies for
America around the globe.
A final question: Will the slippery Perle, America¹s Iago, ever be
forced to answer to the people for his incalculable wrongdoing?
William Hughes is a Baltimore attorney and the author of "Andrew
Jackson vs. New World Order" (Authors Choice Press), which is available
online. He contributed above article to Media Monitors Network (MMN)
from Maryland, USA.
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