High Priests Of War - Secret History Of Americas Trotskyites Came To Power And Orche

The High Priests of War by Michael Collins Piper, pp 1-4

THE HIGH PRIESTS OF WAR

"If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with
Iraq, we would not be doing this. The leaders of the Jewish community are
influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going,
and I think they should."
-- U.S. Congressman Jim Moran (Democrat of Virginia) speaking at a public forum
in his congressional district. 1

Despite the very public frenzy in the United States that followed these remarks
by liberal Congressman Jim Moran, even the influential New York-based Jewish
newspaper, Forward, was forced to admit in its Feb. 28, 2003 issue that the role
of the pro-Israel lobby and its adherents who held high-level policy-making
positions in the administration of President George W. Bush were increasingly
becoming a topic of public discussion. Congressman Moran had simply summarized
the issue in a few short but controversial remarks.

Forward cited liberal American Jewish columnist Michael Kinsley who wrote on Oct.
24, 2002 that Israel's central role in the American debate over possible war
with Iraq was "the proverbial elephant in the room." Of that elephant, Kinsley
added: "Everybody sees it, no one mentions it." Forward stated it flatly:
"Kinsley was referring to a debate, once only whispered in back rooms but lately
splashed in bold characters across the mainstream media, over Jewish and Israeli
influence in shaping American foreign policy."2

The Jewish newspaper noted that now, even "mainstream" American publications,
ranging from The Washington Post to The Economist and even broadcast outlets
such as CNN and MSNBC were featuring frank and open discussion of the topic.
According to Forward's assessment:

Many of these articles project an image of President Bush and Prime
Minister Sharon working in tandem to promote war against Iraq. Several of them
described an administration packed with conservatives motivated primarily, if
not solely, by a dedication to defending Israel.
A few respected voices have even touched openly on the role of American
Jewish organizations in the equation, suggesting a significant shift to the
right on Middle East issues and an intense loyalty to Sharon. Still others raise
the notion of Jewish and Israeli influence only to attack it as anti-Semitism.3

Yet, as if in confirmation of the basic thrust behind Congressman Moran's
comments, even Ari Shavit, writing on April 9, 2003 in Ha'aretz, the Israeli
newspaper, declared simply: "The war in Iraq was conceived by 25 neo-
conservative intellectuals, most of them Jewish, who are pushing President Bush
to change the course of history."4

In fact, as we will demonstrate, the historical record indicates - beyond
question - that the then-impending war on Iraq was indeed largely the product of
a long-standing - and carefully calculated and orchestrated - plan. That this plan aimed to establish an American global hegemony based upon the geopolitical
aims of a small, but influential, group of policy makers inside the
administration of President George W. Bush - a group tied intimately, for nearly
a quarter of a century, to the grand design of a "Greater Israel," a longtime
dream of the Zionist pioneers who founded the state of Israel and whose modern-
day hawkish "right wing" followers are increasingly influential in all areas of
Israch society, particularly in the government realm.