Richard Perle, former assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee during the Reagan administration in a briefing about Obama's first 100 days in office.

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Over the past few weeks, many Bush administration officials have begun rewriting history in an effort to burnish President Bush's legacy.

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The Gaza War of 2009 is a final and eloquent testimony to the complete failure of the neoconservative movement in United States foreign policy.

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In September 2003, Iraq war architect Richard Perle famously stated that the Iraqis "have been liberated" and that "a year from now, I'll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush." When Perle was asked about that  …

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Influential former Pentagon official Richard Perle has been exploring going into the oil business in Iraq and Kazakhstan, according to people with knowledge of the matter and documents outlining possible deals.

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For newer readers, let's revisit what the supporters and architects of this war told us to sell it: "The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require sustained aid."

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Iraq. Are they better off now, than they were 5 years ago?

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Stan Goff: So President of the United States George W. Bush "diverted" a flight to Australia to a desert base in Anbar Province, Iraq (Sure he did.).

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"Richard Perle says he has nothing to apologise for. True, in 1998 he signed on to a letter from prominent neo-conservatives calling on the then president, Bill Clinton, to use force if necessary to oust Saddam Hussein.

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This past summer, an op-ed appeared in the Washington Post under the byline of Richard Perle, the influential former Pentagon adviser who was a chief booster of Ahmed Chalabi in the run-up to the war in Iraq.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A one-time Pentagon adviser, staunch neoconservative and one of the original architects of the war on Iraq, admitted that the Bush administration has turned the situation in the war-ravaged country and U.S. policy on Iraq into a disaster.

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From the article:

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No surprises here except it has taken it so long to make an admission. Iran / Syria and Israel are headed towards a major showndown that will decide the fate of the region for decades to come. Israel got a nasty wake up call with Hezbollah holding them to a stalemate in Lebanon.

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This is a follow up to this seed I posted yesterday. From the article: Contrary to a published report, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is not plotting to have Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice transferred out of the State Department.

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From the article: Conservative national security allies of President Bush are in revolt against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying that she is incompetent and has reversed the administration's national security and foreign policy agenda.

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No Good Options: Why the war on Iran will fail

On Friday, April 14, the CNN program, "Your World Today" had as a guest Retired US Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner, speaking about US options in Iran.

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Neoconservatism has failed the United States and needs to be replaced by a more realistic foreign policy agenda, according to one of its prime architects.

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