November 11, 2014
Consortiumnews.com

The Neocon Plan for War and More War

by Robert Parry

Buoyed by the Republican electoral victories, America's neocons hope to collect their share of the winnings by pushing President Barack Obama into escalating conflicts around the world, from a new Cold War with Russia to hot wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and maybe Iran.

The new menu of neocon delights was listed by influential neocon theorist Max Boot in a blog post for Commentary magazine, an important outlet for neocon thinking. Boot argued that the Republicans - and thus the neocons - have earned a mandate on national security policy from the electoral repudiation of Obama's Democratic Party. . . .

Neocon support for political disturbances in Kiev, including Nuland plotting how to "glue this thing," contributed to the putsch that ousted elected President Viktor Yanukovych and touched off a bloody civil war. Putin was supporting the status quo, i.e., maintaining the elected government, not instigating its overthrow. . . .

And, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria arose not from Obama's timidity but from the neocon-inspired invasion of Iraq last decade. . . .

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