I was looking for the name of the Bush official who gave an address

[othermeans]

at a law school in Virginia where he said the war in Iraq was being fought to help Israel. I thought his name was Zukowitz or Zakowitz. Something like that. If anyone knows his name I'd appreciate it, so I could look up the quote.

[mzteris]

1. Zelikow

Can't get this link to work.....

Blame Bush for what came After 9/11
Ciro Scotty, MSNBC, April 2004
"THE REAL THREAT"? Philip Zelikow, now the executive director of the September 11 commission, served on the National Security Council, was on the Bush transition team, and was a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board from 2001 to 2003. According to the Inter Press Service, he said during a war-on-terror forum at the University of Virginia Law School on Sept. 10, 2002: "I'll tell you what the real threat and actually has been since 1990 -- it's the threat against Israel. And this is the threat that dares not speak its name because...the American government doesn't want to lean too hard on it rhetorically because it's not a popular sell." HTML

Ahh . here's one to work for ya:


Published on Monday, March 29, 2004 by Inter Press Service
Iraq War Launched to Protect Israel - Bush Adviser
by Emad Mekay

WASHINGTON - IPS uncovered the remarks by Philip Zelikow, who is now the executive director of the body set up to investigate the terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2001 -- the 9/11 commission -- in which he suggests a prime motive for the invasion just over one year ago was to eliminate a threat to Israel, a staunch U.S. ally in the Middle East.

Zelikow's casting of the attack on Iraq as one launched to protect Israel appears at odds with the public position of President George W. Bush and his administration, which has never overtly drawn the link between its war on the regime of former president Hussein and its concern for Israel's security.

. . . ”Why would Iraq attack America or use nuclear weapons against us? I'll tell you what I think the real threat (is) and actually has been since 1990 -- it's the threat against Israel,” Zelikow told a crowd at the University of Virginia on Sep. 10, 2002, speaking on a panel of foreign policy experts assessing the impact of 9/11 and the future of the war on the al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

”And this is the threat that dare not speak its name, because the Europeans don't care deeply about that threat, I will tell you frankly. And the American government doesn't want to lean too hard on it rhetorically, because it is not a popular sell,” said Zelikow.

The statements are the first to surface from a source closely linked to the Bush administration acknowledging that the war, which has so far cost the lives of nearly 600 U.S. troops and thousands of Iraqis, was motivated by Washington's desire to defend the Jewish state.

The administration, which is surrounded by staunch pro-Israel, neo-conservative hawks, is currently fighting an extensive campaign to ward off accusations that it derailed the ”war on terrorism” it launched after 9/11 by taking a detour to Iraq, which appears to have posed no direct threat to the United States.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0329-11.htm


Looks like Cindy was right - if she did indeed say what they say she said.....

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Michael Ledeen says it all the time

Some of the stuff he writes is beyond belief.

[othermeans]

5. I had never heard of Leeden but that was quite an interesting article

about him in Wikipedia.

[othermeans]

3. Thanks I needed it to offset some crap this R winger said about Cindy

for saying something about fighting for Israel.

[mzteris]

4. I figured as much.

Here's some more info on Zelikow, too if you need it.

http://hnn.us/articles/5280.html