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Lebanon, Iran, Sudan: Three more premeditated neocon wars
by FactsPlease Saturday, Jul. 15, 2006 at 6:44 PM

Before emotions get the upper hand, let's consider what General Wesley Clark wrote in 2003--that by late 2001, the Neocon-led Pentagon was planning a five-year campaign of wars against seven countries: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia and Sudan. (And let's not expect to hear about this from Lieberman, McCain, Pelosi, Feinstein, or the Clintons.)

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Before worldwide emotions get whipped into a frenzy over the Israel/Lebanon situation, let's catch our collective breath. Let's recognize that there's nothing "anti-Jewish" about critiquing the Neocons (many Neocons are not Jewish, and many Jews strongly disagree with the Neocons' plans and values). And let's consider a few facts.

Facts such as this: Lebanon is just one of seven countries against which the Neocon-led Pentagon was, by late 2001, planning war. These seven countries were to be attacked over the course of five years; Iraq was the first of the seven premeditated wars.

Sudan--which has not only the tragedy of genocide, but also the riches of oil and uranium reserves--is another of the seven.

Iran is yet another.

Don't take my word for it; take it from retired General Wesley Clark--the recently-former Republican who became a "Democratic" Presidential hopeful, the Arkansas pal of Bill and Hillary Clinton, NATO's former Supreme Allied Commander, and CNN's "military analyst" from 2001 to 2003.

Clark writes on page 130 of his 2003 book, "Winning Modern Wars":

"As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military staff officers had time for a chat. Yes, we were still on track for going against Iraq, he said. But there was more. This was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan, he said, and there were a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia and Sudan.

...He said it with reproach--with disbelief, almost--at the breadth of the vision. I moved the conversation away, for this was not something I wanted to hear. And it was not something I wanted to see moving forward, either. ...I left the Pentagon that afternoon deeply concerned."

So there we go. Five years; seven premeditated wars.

All of this is consistent with the US Neocons' master plan, "Rebuilding America's Defenses," written in 2000 by PNAC, the Project for the New American Century led by Rupert Murdoch-funded William Kristol. And as PNAC's website (http://www.newamericancentury.org) notes, the lead author of that plan was a top official of Lockheed Martin--a company well acquainted with war and its profit potential.

The hostile takeover of Iraq was merely step one in the plan.

(Curious why General Clark never mentioned all this in his pre-Iraq war commentary on CNN? Read Sydney Schanberg's 9/29/03 analysis of Clark's comments in "The Secrets Clark Kept: What the General Never Told Us About the Bush Plan for Serial War" at
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0340,schanberg,47436,1.html)

For now, perhaps Libya has been taken off the war list. But do an Internet search on "Neocon Egypt Saudi Arabia," and you'll see that some of the world's Neocons want to attack both Egypt and Saudi Arabia; Libya is just west of Egypt, Sudan is just south of Egypt, and Somalia is not far away.

Perhaps we'd all be wise to take seriously the Neocons and their sympathizers when they speak of "redrawing the map of the Middle East"--and of waging "World War IV" (Some Neocons or their sympathizers consider the Cold War to have been "World War III").

As the frenzy builds and disinformation mounts regarding Iran, Syria, and Lebanon--and as many well-intentioned liberals are all but BEGGING the Pentagon to go "stop the genocide" in Sudan--remember that ALL these wars were planned years ago.

When you consider Sudan and the situation in Darfur, also consider what Professor Richard Heinberg notes in "The Party's Over," his recent book on the energy situation; that the U.S. has enough uranium to power our CURRENT collection of nuclear power plants for only forty more years or so. Oil won't be the only energy resource over which wars will be fought.

Don't be surprised when stealth Neocons, such as "liberal" Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, publicly lead the charge for intervention in Sudan--but do realize that Nancy Pelosi (just like her relative-by-marriage, San Francisco's multimillionaire "liberal" Mayor Gavin Newsom) was ABSENT EVERY TIME thousands marched and rallied in San Francisco to prevent and, later, to protest the war on Iraq. Nancy was absent even when other leading politicians, including Democrats, were notably present.

Nancy may prefer "competently"-waged wars to incompentently-waged wars, but it seems that Nancy doesn't do peace rallies.

Don't be surprised when Pelosi and other stealth Neocons--including Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Dianne Feinstein--do NOTHING to stand in the way of the premeditated war plans, do NOTHING to rally their constituents to support diplomacy and peacemaking, and do NOTHING to amplify the voices of restraint, diplomacy and common sense which will come from Congresspersons Barbara Lee, Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney, and many other non-Neocon, progressive Democrats (and perhaps a few clear-headed Republicans, such as Ron Paul).

If you want clues as to the stealth Neocons's values and motivations, go to http://www.opensecrets.org and check out their personal financial holdings, their list of campaign donors, and the activities of their own "Leadership PACs" (Political Action Committees). Check to see if stealth Neocons' PACs are funding your own Congresspersons' campaigns--and consider asking your Congressperson to REJECT such funds.

If a military draft becomes necessary to carry out all the premeditated wars, remember how it worked in World War II; maximum "draft age" was not 25 or 29 years, it was 39 years of age. Anyone young enough to be drafted but not medically fit to serve was virtually REQUIRED to abandon their career and find work in the military-industrial sector. (How might this impact you?)

Above all, keep in mind Webster Tarpley's observation in his 2005 book "9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA"; the observation that "NEOCONS PREFER WAR TO PEACE."