Neo-Conned! Again Hypocrisy, Lawlessness, and the Rape of Iraq

by O'Huallachain, D. Liam; Sharpe, J. Forrest; Cirincione, Joseph; Ritter, Scott

• ISBN13: 9781932528077
• ISBN10: 1932528075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: IHS Press

Summary

The moral, political, and legal problems surrounding the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq are addressed with uncommon frankness in this collection of essays by some of the world's most influential academics, lawyers, journalists, politicians, and military, intelligence, and media experts. Contributions include academics such as Noam Chomsky, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Claes Ryn; journalists Milton Viorst, Robert Fisk, Kirkpatrick Sale, and Justin Raimondo; former CIA professional Ray McGovern; former Defense Intelligence Agency professional W. Patrick Lang; and Fr. Jean-Marie Benjamin, personal friend of the former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Traiq Aziz. Discussing the Iraq war and related issues such as the legal foundation of the war on terror, the detention practices at Guantanamo bay, and the roots of the American neoconservative ideology, the essays illustrate the hypocrisy and illegality of America's stance on terrorism and its policies of aggression in the Middle East.

Author Biography

J. Forrest Sharpe is the publisher and managing director of IHS Press. He is a student of Catholic Social Doctrine and the English Distributist movement. D. Liam O'Huallachain is the editorial director of IHS Press and is a student of Catholic Social Doctrine, the English Distributist Movement, and contemporary alternative political movements. Both have edited and annotated editions of works by 20th-century social thinkers such as G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Fr. Vincent McNabb, Fr. Heinrich Pesch, and Dr. George O'Brien. Joseph Cirincione is a senior associate and director for Non-Proliferation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Scott Ritter is the former chief weapons inspector for the UN Special Commission.

Table of Contents

Foreword. The Greatest Con of Our History	p. xv
Introduction. Oil, War, and Things Worth Fighting For	p. xix
An Exercise in Critical Thinking: Today's Sharpest Minds Tackle the War and Its Context
The Thirteen Years' War	p. 3
Postscript. Some Final Thoughts	p. 12
Iraq, 1917	p. 19
Global Democracy...Through Superior Firepower	p. 29
Postscript. On Luttwak's Coup d'Etat: A Practical Handbook	p. 36
Simple Truths, Hard Problems: Some Thoughts on Terror, Justice, and Self-Defense	p. 43
Driving the Runaway Train: Neocons, 9/11, and the Pretexts for War
The Ideology of American Empire	p. 63
Neoconservatives, Israel, and 9/11: The Origins of the U.S. War on Iraq	p. 81
A Real Hijacking: The Neoconservative Fifth Column and the War in Iraq	p. 111
Unjust-War Theory: Christian Zionism and the Road to Jerusalem	p. 127
Manipulating Catholic Support for the War: The Black Operation Known as "Conservatism"	p. 171
What the War Is All About	p. 181
Risky Business: The Perils of Profitmongering in Iraq	p. 187
Postscript. The More Things Change...	p. 194
The Professionals Speak: Military Reactions to Operation Iraqi Freedom
An Inside Look at Pentagon Policy-Making in the Run-Up to Gulf War II	p. 199
The Moral Responsibility of the U.S. Military Officer in the Context of the Larger War We Are In	p. 209
Introduction to Chapter 14. To War or Not to War, That Is the Question	p. 223
Hindsight is 20-20: Iraq and "War on Terror" Veterans on Gulf War II	p. 225
A Roundtable	p. 225
Just Following Orders: One Sailor and His Vision of the Higher Law	p. 233
Introduction to Chapter 16. The Case of Staff Sgt. Al Lorentz	p. 241
Why We Cannot Win	p. 243
The Professionals Speak II: The Intelligence Community and the Intelligence Debacle
Drinking the Kool-Aid: Making the Case for War with Compromised Integrity and Intelligence	p. 249
Sham Dunk: Cooking Intelligence for the President	p. 277
The Professionals Speak III: War College Professors Apply Their Expertise
The "War on Terror": Ingenious or Incoherent?	p. 309
A War Crime or an Act of War?	p. 329
The Professionals Speak IV: A Scientist and a Diplomat
Neocons & Loose Nukes	p. 335
A Call to Conscience	p. 347
Defying World Order: Reactions from Vatican and UN Perspectives
The Iraq War and the Vatican	p. 355
The United Nations Charter and the Invasion of Iraq	p. 361
Legal Nonsense: The War on Terror and its Grave Implications for National and International Law	p. 373
Propping Up a Dying Giant: American Economic and Military Survival Tactics
In Her Death Throes: The Neoconservative Attempt to Arrest the Decline of American Hegemony	p. 387
A New "American Century"? Iraq and the Hidden Euro-Dollar Wars	p. 399
One Good Scandal Deserves Another: The Snowballing of American Lawlessness
The Law of Armed Conflict and the "War on Terror"	p. 421
A Prison Beyond the Law	p. 443
Postscript. Seeking to Render Rasul Meaningless	p. 465
Postscript. An Illusion of Lawful Process	p. 483
Far, Far Worse Than Watergate: The "Outing" of Valerie Plame	p. 491
Postscript. The Anonymity Trap	p. 505
A Torture(d) Web	p. 509
Postscript. A Voice in the Wilderness for the Rule of Law	p. 553
So Much for the Fourth Estate: Our Imperial Press
Chronicles of Abdication: Press Coverage of the War in Iraq	p. 565
Yellow Journalism: "Anonymous" Lives and Thrives in Washington	p. 565
Which War Is This Anyway?	p. 573
Weapons of Mass Deception: The Air War	p. 585
Truth from These Podia: A Study of Strategic Influence, Perception Management, Information Warfare, and Psychological Operations in Gulf War II	p. 605
The Other Side of the Story: Honest Men Consider the Situation of Iraq
Behind the Smoke Screen: Why We Are in Iraq	p. 647
A Priest Looks at the Former Regime	p. 659
Portrait of Noble Resignation: Tariq Aziz and the Last Days of Saddam Hussein	p. 675
Enduring Injustice: Iraq and the Current Political Landscape
Nemesis and Name-Calling: Who Are the Iraqi Rebels?	p. 687
The Politics of Electoral Illusion	p. 761
The Context of the Election	p. 762
The Conduct of the Election	p. 774
A Trial Indeed: The Treatment of Saddam Hussein vs. the Rule of Law	p. 797
Perspectives on Gulf War I
Off to a Bad Start: International Law and War Crimes in the Case of Gulf War I	p. 821
The Mother of All Clients: The PR Campaign of Gulf War I	p. 831
Index	p. 841
About the Contributors	p. 857
Acknowledgements	p. 871
Further Resources	p. 872
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