--- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > General Alexander Haig served six Republican > presidents in high positions, including chief of > staff in the White House, Supreme NATO commander, > and foreign secretary. He claims in his recently > published book, that the neo-conservatives (neo cons > who started Iraq war) are really (conservative) > Democrats who switched sides and high jacked the > foreign policy establishment of the Republican > Party. > > How many people believe this? > Mario clarifies: > The US officials responsible for the decision to liberate Iraq by force were President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Condi Rice. These have always been known as conservatives; not one of them is a neo-con - originally political liberals who changed their political philosophy over the years. > The neo-cons in the Bush administration that get erroneously mentioned for "starting" the war in Iraq, were all in subordinate positions - not one of them were in major decisionmaking positions. >
