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'''Michael Makovsky''' is a prominent [[neoconservative]]<ref name=stirrings>Jim Lobe, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52108 "Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran"], IPS, 9 July 2010</ref> and an expert on neocon icon Winston Churchill. He is the younger brother of [[David Makovsky]],<ref name=stirrings>Jim Lobe, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52108 "Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran"], IPS, 9 July 2010</ref> a senior [[WINEP]] fellow and former executive editor of pro-Likud [[Jerusalem Post]].<ref>WINEP, [http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC10.php?CID=6 "David Makovsky"], Washington Institute for Near East Policy, accessed on 26 November 2010</ref> He was part of [[Paul Wolfowitz]] and [[Douglas Feith]]'s intelligence shop, [[Office of Special Plans]],<ref>Justin Raimondo, [http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/09/17/the-worms-in-the-apple/ "The Worms in the Apple"], Antiwar.com, 18 September 2009</ref> that manufactured the defective intelligence used to sell the invasion of Iraq.<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/ips/lobe080703.html Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network], Antiwar.com, 7 August 2003</ref>  
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'''Michael Makovsky''' is a prominent [[neoconservative]]<ref name=stirrings>Jim Lobe, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52108 "Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran"], IPS, 9 July 2010</ref> and an expert on neocon icon Winston Churchill. He is the younger brother of [[David Makovsky]],<ref name=stirrings>Jim Lobe, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52108 "Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran"], IPS, 9 July 2010</ref> a senior [[WINEP]] fellow and former executive editor of pro-Likud [[Jerusalem Post]].<ref>WINEP, [http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC10.php?CID=6 "David Makovsky"], Washington Institute for Near East Policy, accessed on 26 November 2010</ref> Both brothers took up Israeli citizenship after finishing their education in the US.<ref>Jack Herman, "a whole new ballgame overseas", ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' (Missouri), 20 February 1989</ref>He was part of [[Paul Wolfowitz]] and [[Douglas Feith]]'s intelligence shop, [[Office of Special Plans]],<ref>Justin Raimondo, [http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/09/17/the-worms-in-the-apple/ "The Worms in the Apple"], Antiwar.com, 18 September 2009</ref> that manufactured the defective intelligence used to sell the invasion of Iraq.<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/ips/lobe080703.html Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network], Antiwar.com, 7 August 2003</ref>  
  
 
==Role in the US War on Iraq==
 
==Role in the US War on Iraq==

Revision as of 22:17, 26 November 2010

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] Both brothers took up Israeli citizenship after finishing their education in the US.[3]He was part of Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith's intelligence shop, Office of Special Plans,[4] that manufactured the defective intelligence used to sell the invasion of Iraq.[5]

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]

Ties with Israel

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. Jack Herman, "a whole new ballgame overseas", St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri), 20 February 1989
  4. Justin Raimondo, "The Worms in the Apple", Antiwar.com, 18 September 2009
  5. Jim Lobe, Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network, Antiwar.com, 7 August 2003
  6. Justin Raimondo, "The Worms in the Apple", Antiwar.com, 18 September 2009
  7. Claremont Institute, "2006 Lincoln Fellows", Claremont Institute, 28 June 2006, accessed on 26 November 2010