Difference between revisions of "Michael Makovsky"
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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> He is an expert on neocon icon Winston Churchill and 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> | '''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> He is an expert on neocon icon Winston Churchill and 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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| + | Often described as an "expert" on the oil industry, 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.<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> | ||
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Revision as of 18:50, 26 November 2010
Michael Makovsky is a prominent neoconservative.[1] He is an expert on neocon icon Winston Churchill and 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]
Role in the US War on Iraq
Often described as an "expert" on the oil industry, 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
- Office of Special Plans
- Bipartisan Policy Center - Foreign Policy Director[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jim Lobe, "Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran", IPS, 9 July 2010
- ↑ WINEP, "David Makovsky", Washington Institute for Near East Policy, accessed on 26 November 2010
- ↑ Justin Raimondo, "The Worms in the Apple", Antiwar.com, 18 September 2009
- ↑ Jim Lobe, Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network, Antiwar.com, 7 August 2003
- ↑ Biparistan Policy Center, "Staff", Biparistan Policy Center, accessed on 25 November 2010
