Overthrowing Assad and the Neoconservative Agenda in Syria

Kevin MacDonald - Neocons to Remove Assad, Trump Buys the MSM Lie

The Rubin Report: Dinesh D'Souza on Republicans, Trump, and Neocons

Dinesh D'Souza (author and filmmaker) joins Dave Rubin to discuss Republicans, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Immigration and much more.

'US Neocon Fanatics Will Target Syria No Matter What Assad Does'

Barack Obama's hard-pressed to avoid repeating the mistakes of his predecessor, who attacked Iraq without UN approval and under what turned out to be a false pretext. Reaction on this, RT is joined by British journalist and broadcaster Neil Clark.

Liam Fox Resignation Exposes Tory Links to US Radical Right

THE GUARDIAN: Labour and Lib Dem politicians have stepped up demands for the PM to explain ministers' involvement with Atlantic Bridge

David Cameron has been accused of allowing a secret rightwing agenda to flourish at the heart of the Conservative party, as fallout from the resignation of Liam Fox exposed its close links with a US network of lobbyists, climate change deniers and defence hawks.

In a sign that Fox's decision to fall on his sword will not mark the end of the furore engulfing the Tories, both Liberal Democrat and Labour politicians stepped up their demands for the prime minister to explain why several senior members of his cabinet were involved in an Anglo-American organisation apparently at odds with his party's environmental commitments and pledge to defend free healthcare.

At the heart of the complex web linking Fox and his friend Adam Werritty to a raft of businessmen, lobbyists and US neocons is the former defence secretary's defunct charity, Atlantic Bridge, which was set up with the purported aim of "strengthening the special relationship" but is now mired in controversy.

An Observer investigation reveals that many of those who sat on the Anglo-American charity's board and its executive council, or were employed on its staff, were lobbyists or lawyers with connections to the defence industry and energy interests. Others included powerful businessmen with defence investments and representatives of the gambling industry.

Fox's organisation, which was wound up last year following a critical Charity Commission report into its activities, formed a partnership with an organisation called the American Legislative Exchange Council. The powerful lobbying organisation, which receives funding from pharmaceutical, weapons and oil interests among others, is heavily funded by the Koch Charitable Foundation whose founder, Charles G Koch, is one of the most generous donors to the Tea Party movement in the US. In recent years, the Tea Party has become a potent populist force in American politics, associated with controversial stances on global warming.

Via a series of foundations, Koch and his brother, David, have also given millions of dollars to global warming sceptics, according to Greenpeace. Read on and comment » | Toby Helm and Jamie Doward | Saturday, October 15, 2011

Printemps arabe : une victoire de George Bush ?
LE POINT: En renversant Saddam Hussein, l'ancien président américain a-t-il semé les germes de la démocratie dans le monde arabe ?

L'expédition en Irak de George Bush aurait-elle permis la révolte actuelle du monde arabo-musulman ? Photo : Le Point
L'idée fait son chemin : George Bush aurait été un précurseur, peut-être même un visionnaire. Il voulait diffuser la démocratie à travers tout le grand Moyen-Orient, d'Alger à Karachi. L'expédition d'Irak devait constituer la première étape d'un ébranlement qui allait répandre les lumières à travers tout le monde arabo-musulman. L'entreprise a paru sombrer dans la triste réalité du chaos irakien et se noyer dans la colère suscitée entre Nil et Euphrate par l'intervention américaine dans l'ancienne Mésopotamie. Mais voici que ces jours-ci, les néo-conservateurs qui entouraient George Bush relèvent la tête. Et si, finalement, le printemps arabe leur apportait a posteriori une éclatante justification ? Si, au fond, la soif de liberté qui pousse les peuples à se révolter était la meilleure preuve de la justesse de leurs analyses ? L'argumentaire est séduisant, la dialectique subtile mais largement biaisée. >>> Par PIERRE BEYLAU, RÉDACTEUR EN CHEF DU SERVICE MONDE | Vendredi 04 Mars 2011

Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Tells Neocons What Not to Do
THE GUARDIAN: Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has criticised the neoconservatives of the Bush administration and accused them of "potentially murderous folly" for suggesting military action against Syria and Iran.

Dr Williams has just returned from Syria where he met Iraqi Christian refugees,. He warned of a problem of almost unprecedented scale as up to 1.5 million Iraqis have fled to neighbouring countries.

Speaking to the BBC, the archbishop, who opposed the invasion of Iraq from the outset, said: "When people talk about further destabilisation of the region - and you read some American political advisers speaking of action against Syria and Iran - I can only say that I regard that as criminal, ignorant and potentially murderous folly. Archbishop attacks neocons over threat to bomb Iran (more) By Stephen Bates

Mark Alexander

The Neocons Sail Into the Night
Paul Wolfowitz’s departure from the World Bank signals the end of an ideological era in Washington

THE SUNDAY TIMES: As Tony Blair was bidding farewell to President George W Bush in the Rose Garden on Thursday, the World Bank was preparing to kick out Paul Wolfowitz as president. Allies to the left and right in the Iraq war were falling by the wayside that day.

Was he responsible for Blair’s departure from office, Bush was asked. There had to be a reason why a prime minister who had never lost an election was being dumped. “Could be . . . I don’t know,” the president mused above the distant chant of war protesters outside the White House gates.

And what did he make of Wolfowitz’s likely resignation? “I respect him a lot and I’m sorry it has come to this,” Bush said, leaving the World Bank head to his fate. Decline and fall off the neocons (more) By Sarah Baxter

Mark Alexander