Dick Cheney’s Iraq-War Clique:
| Position | PNAC | IASPS | JINSA | |
| Dick Cheney | Vice President | Yes | Yes | |
| Paul Wolfowitz | Assistant Sect. of Defense | Yes | Yes | |
| Donald Rumsfeld | Secretary of Defense | Yes | ||
| Scooter Libby | Cheney’s Chief of Staff | Yes | ||
| David Wurmser | Cheney’s Middle-East Assistant | Yes | ||
| Douglas Feith | Under Sect. of Defense for Policy | Yes | Yes | |
| Eliot Abrams | Deputy Asst. to Bush on Middle East | Yes | ||
| John Bolton | Under Sect. of State | Yes | Yes | |
| Richard Perle | Chairman of Defense Policy Board | Yes | Yes | Yes |
- PNAC — Neoconservative think tank and lobby. Backed Iraqi regime change in 1998.
- IASPS — “A Jerusalem-based think tank with an office in Washington, D.C.” Lobbied Israel for Iraqi regime change in 1996.
- JINSA — The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. Backed Iraqi regime change on 9/13/2001.
A more detailed list of the players can be found here: Iraq War Clique
Abrams: Elliot Abrams, Deputy Assistant to G. W. Bush
1997, Signer of founding PNAC “Principles” with Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bolton, Libby.
Bolton: John Bolton
Undersecretary of State. Signed PNAC Letters to Clinton (1998), Gringrich, Lott advocating Iraq War.
Chalabi: Ahmed Chalabi
The Iraqi who conned the neocons and the CIA with fabricated evidence of weapons of mass destruction.
Fairbanks: Charles Fairbanks
Paul Wolfowitz subordinate under Reagan.
Co-authored the IASPS “Clean Break” report with Feith, Perle and Wurmser.
Kagan: Robert Kagan
Co-founder with Kristol of PNAC the main neocon lobby.
Kristol: William Kristol
Co-founder and chairman of PNAC. Son of neoconservative “godfather” Irving Kristol.
Libby: Scooter Libby, Cheney’s Chief of Staff
Indicted for revealing the identity of a CIA agent in 2005 in retaliation for her husband revealing fake WMD information.
Perle: Richard Perle, Defense Policy Board Chairman
In 1996 brought IASPS “Clean Break” report, advocating Iraq war, to Israeli Prime Minister.
Rumsfeld: Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense.
Main neoconservative magazine. Funded by Rupert Murdoch. Editor: William Kristol, co-founder of PNAC, son of Irving Kristol, the neoconservative’s “godfather.”
Wolfowitz–the intellectual godfather of the war–is its heart and soul. (12/29/2003, Time)
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