Michael Makovsky

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Michael Makovsky is a prominent neoconservative[1] and an expert on neocon icon Winston Churchill. He is the younger brother of David Makovsky,[1] a senior WINEP fellow and former executive editor of pro-Likud Jerusalem Post.[2] He was part of Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith's intelligence shop, Office of Special Plans,[3] that manufactured the defective intelligence used to sell the invasion of Iraq.[4] In 2009 Makovsky coauthored Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East with Dennis Ross.

Role in the US War on Iraq

Makovsky served as a consultant to the controversial Pentagon office set up in the run-up to the Iraq War to find evidence of operational ties between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein as a justification for the invasion.[1]

Affiliations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jim Lobe, "Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran", IPS, 9 July 2010
  2. WINEP, "David Makovsky", Washington Institute for Near East Policy, accessed on 26 November 2010
  3. Justin Raimondo, "The Worms in the Apple", Antiwar.com, 18 September 2009
  4. Jim Lobe, Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network, Antiwar.com, 7 August 2003
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Biparistan Policy Center, "Staff", Biparistan Policy Center, accessed on 25 November 2010
  6. Claremont Institute, "2006 Lincoln Fellows", Claremont Institute, 28 June 2006, accessed on 26 November 2010