Blaming the Jews for the War In Iraq [View All]

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Jews will probably take the blame for losing the war in Iraq. This is the conclusion reached by the late Murray Friedman in his latest book, "Jewish Intellectuals and the Shaping of Public Policy."

Friedman argues that Jewish intellectuals comprise the core of the neocon movement, the primary influence behind the invasion of Iraq, and will take the blame if that policy fails.

But it is in the area of foreign policy that the neocons have become controversial, principally because of the war in Iraq. Jewish intellectuals and policy makers such as Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle - and William Kristol, Irving's son - were important voices urging the Bush administration to pursue the war on terrorism by invading Iraq in March 2003 ...

Because of the strong link between Jewish intellectuals and the war in Iraq, their reputations will rise or fall depending on the outcome of the war, Friedman says.

...Friedman concludes that the legacy of neoconservatives will rest on events in Iraq. If American casualties increase and the insurgency intensifies, the invasion may well turn out to be the disaster critics of the war have predicted. Should a stable and democratic Iraq not emerge, then the war will be viewed as an unmitigated failure, comparable to the war in Vietnam, and the neoconservative movement will shoulder the blame.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/books/12367297.htm