The last US president to try to curtail Jewish political power in the US was Nixon when he tried to stop groups like AIPAC from from setting middle east policy.

"Similarly, while the Iraq idiocy is likely the stupidist move in US foreign policy(at least) history, limiting rebuilding graft to those who did the hard work is eminently fair; if a stupid event is inevitably going to occur, it doesn’t require giving a slice of the later rewards to those who screeched against it(in the case of the Eurocrats, for there own cynical and self-protective reasons)beforehand.
It’s rather surprising-for I typically enjoy all the postings here-to see globalism and its’ associated boodle employed in an argument here at Chronicles, even against one of its’ idiot-con fellow travelers."

Who "did the hard work?" Soldiers and pilots. Not Halliburton executives. And it should be noted that the hard work was not deposing Saddam Hussein, nor toppling the government. The true "hard work" is rebuilding a broken nation and fighting a thriving, if not growing insurgency. It is still going on. And no, I do not approve of our presence there. I'm not even sure the level of labor is exalted enough to be classified as "work."

I believe Dr. Trifkovic is trying to show, at least in part, how Wolfowitz almost single-handedly alienated us from potential European allies (and show a lack of integrity) in a relatively high profile scenario. The issue is not globalization, but American interests and how Paul Wolfowitz's dangerous schemes are at odds with them.

(2) http://www.chomsky.info/articles/20080101.htm

"We Own The World"
-by Noam Chomsky

ZNet, January 1, 2008
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Given that the Bush administration has engineered the present petrol-shortage and actively encouraged a type of infrastructure, population growth and urban expansion that have seen its demand soar, could Cheney be convicted of insider trading for purchasing these stocks ante facto?

Yes, he deserves a lot more than that, but dig up every last bit of dirt you can find, because we may have to settle for what we can get.

Really? And what makes you think that attacking Iran will not be so simple as launching a few strategically-aimed intercontinental missiles, nuclear or otherwise? Yes, it's immoral and cowardly, but would you put it past the current crop of leaders?

"A few harmless pinpricks with carrier-based planes will do little damage to Iran but will further discredit the US and Israel and ***drive a further wedge between the US and Europe***." (last part emphasised)

If only that were the truth. Since the U.S.-led attack on Iraq, neocon darlings Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel have taken the cockpits of the two largest and most powerful countries on the Continent, the U.K. Labour Party has not been punished in spite of pursuing destructive policing, immigration, economic and foreign policies nearly identical to those of the North American duopoly over the last eight years in every practical matter, and the relentless Americanisation of Euro-youth culture marches on.

No, Europe will not break free of America's grasp until she realises that both the armchair yuppy capitalist-warmongers and the postmodern soft-socialist libertines are two faces of the same rotten coin and drinks deeply from her ancient traditions, stories and beliefs. The same goes for all occidental countries.

bush is christian in name but sacrifices it all wantonly all the time on the altar of political expedience. (unless unbeknownst to himself he had a 'chip' of some sort put in his skull.) -less likely. ?!

You raise a good point, Mr. Kenny. That is something I've been wondering about. Are top officials in the Bush Administration heavily invested in Euros/Euro-denominated assets? I bet you anything they are. Just like Cheney was allowed to maintain his investment in Halliburton stock (in a "blind" trust), which has increased in value over the last 7 years by $3 million.

If Cheney, Wolfowitz and company have portfolios heavily exposed to Euros, then that will just be another example of them personally profiting from the policies they've made that have been otherwise destructive to this country's well-being. And if so, it is yet another reaon why they should be tried for corruption and high treason...

Remember that American military power is broken and fixing it requires wealth that the broken US economy cannot provide. There are no land forces to attack Iran and nowhere from whence to launch land-based bombers. A few harmless pinpricks with carrier-based planes will do little damage to Iran but will further discredit the US and Israel and drive a further wedge between the US and Europe. With Bush a discredited lame duck, a US attack at this point would actually be to the Iranians' advantage! With several thousand years experience of playing power politics behind them, they wouldn't even bother reacting, they would simply go to the UN and force the US to veto a resoultion condemning the attack, thus getting two victories for the price of one!