Why the neo-cons went to war

I think I’m finally starting to see why this war made so much sense to so many people. Sure, it’s always been obvious why fanatics like Cheney and Rumsfeld were on board, but why were so many neo-conservative ideologues so determined to see this happen? The answer that comes most quickly to mind is, of course, for the benefit of Israel, seeing as how most neo-cons are Jewish. But the next question was, why does this war benefit Israel? Sure, knocking out their most powerful secular foe, Saddam Hussein, was a plus, and there’s an outside chance a pipeline might be built to carry Iraqi oil to an Israeli port.

But I think there’s more to it. First, look at how many Iraqis have died over the course of the first Gulf war, the genocidal sanctions, and now the most recent, endless carnage. The estimate of childrens’ deaths from the sanctions alone was maybe half a million. And recent estimates put the deaths of Iraqis civilians alone at over 600, 000. In all, we’re probably talking close to a million and half, maybe two million less Iraqis than just fifteen years ago.

Now a different calculation. How many Palestinians still left in the West Bank and Gaza? Wouldn’t there be a lot more room for those heroic Jewish settlers to stretch out and redeem their ancient homeland if these pesky Arabs could be transferred next door, where, coincidentally, there’s now suddenly much more room for them? Wouldn’t that make things a lot calmer in Eretz Israel? Isn’t that what the Peace Process is all about?

You’ve got to give those neo-cons credit, they know what’s good for the Jews. Problem is, what they come up with isn’t always so good for America. So I’ve got one little wrinkle to add. After transferring the Palestinians out, let’s transfer the neo-cons in, one for one. Lots of them already have dual Israeli citizenship anyway. Every Jewish neo-con war promoter and sympathizer transferred to Israel, that’s the plan. Isn’t that what Zionism was supposed to be about- a homeland for ALL the Jews?