Israel Behind Iraq Invasion
A Clean Break - A New Strategy for Securing the Realm
Open: [Israel Affairs 2020-aug 10 vol. 26 iss. 5] Rodman, David - Israel and the neoconservatives_ Zionism and American interests (2020) [10.1080_13537121.2020.1806697] - libgen.li.pdf
Though their utterly false assertion is – and has repeatedly been – thoroughly refuted by the facts, not least of all by the fact that the Sharon government actually tried to dissuade the Bush administration from going to war in Iraq, arguing that Iran constituted the real menace to Middle Eastern stability, the ‘neocons’ continue to be vilified as the servants of ‘militant Zionism’ by their detractors at home and abroad.da6489d3b3d8d30245aaeb8a04479d1d_MD5, page 3 (file not included in this release)
October 7 — failure is not proof of intentional allowance
Coleman Hughes / Elliot Kaufman — source-audited argument, 5 October 2026
Argument: Success against Hezbollah/Iran does not imply omniscience in Gaza. Institutional accounts document warning, assessment and command failures. Mossad, Shin Bet, military intelligence and field command must be distinguished. IDF-published intelligence analysis · Be’eri inquiry
A stand-down claim needs affirmative evidence of intention or coordination. Missed warnings alone do not meet that burden, and explaining failure does not excuse negligence. The MBZ allegation is disputed; the gas-deal causal story was not directly answered. Intelligence/conspiracy question · Warning allegation