Neocon 'godfather' Norman Podhoretz tells Bush: bomb Iran

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Sarah Baxter, Washington

ONE of the founding fathers of neoconservatism has privately urged President George W Bush to bomb Iran rather than allow it to acquire nuclear weapons.

Norman Podhoretz, an intellectual guru of the neoconservative movement who has joined Rudolph Giuliani’s 2008 presidential campaign as a senior foreign policy adviser, held an unpublicised meeting with Bush late last spring at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.

The encounter reveals the enduring influence of the neoconservatives at the highest reaches of the White House, despite some high-profile casualties in the past year.

Karl Rove, who was still serving in the White House as Bush’s deputy chief of staff, took notes. But the meeting, which lasted 45 minutes, was not logged on the president’s schedule.

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“He gave not the slightest indication of whether he agreed with me, but he listened very intently,” Podhoretz said.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2558296.ece

[hobbit709]

1. Let him ride the first one ala Slim Pickens

[rurallib]

4. First thing came to my mind

Strap old Norman to the bomb and let him ride it to glory. He can come back and tell us what happened from heaven - or whatever. Go Normy!

[Cha]

2. Uh Uh ..I wonder what his

agenda is?

[rpannier]

3. Democracy...Equality and Cuddly Kittens

Isn't that the neocon motto?

[Cha]

8. That wasn't my

first thought.

[HereSince1628]

5. Don't worry, Billy Kristol tells us his little think tank has no persuasion

with the administration. The NeoCons are powerless pencil pushers. Nothing to worry about. Move along, keep shopping.

[provis99]

6. intellectual guru?

Knuckle-dragging warmongering ape is more accurate.

[Snarkoleptic]

7. Norman Podhoretz, author of 'My Negro Problem - And Ours"

"What kind of feelings do I have about negroes today?"
"...do I still fear them and envy them and hate them still? The answer is yes..."
He's also a classic "Israel First" guy.
Not exactly the poster child for American values.

[chill_wind]

9. Senior foreign policy advisor to Giuliani's campaign? *Not good.* n/t