but without the philisophical justification provided by the pro-Israel Neocons, and the support provided by Lieberman/AIPAC et al., the Iraq War would never have happened. Think of the contributions of Feith/Perle/Wolfowitz et al. Feith is the guy who sorted out all of the pro-war intelligence.

Feith was standing in for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at a 2003 interagency 'Principals' Meeting' debating the Middle East, and ended his remarks on behalf of the Pentagon. Then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said, "Thanks Doug, but when we want the Israeli position we'll invite the ambassador."