The neocons' last stand
By Sidney Blumenthal, a former senior adviser to President Clinton, is the author of 'How Bush Rules' (THE GUARDIAN, 16/11/06):
Even before the electoral repudiation of President Bush, the guardians of the Bush family trust surfaced as the presumptive executive committee of the executive branch. For years, George Bush Sr and his former national-security team have tried to rescue the president from himself - and from the clutches of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and their neoconservative centurions. Earlier this year Bush Sr quietly approached a retired four-star general to inquire if he would be willing to replace Rumsfeld, but that premature coup came to naught.… Seguir leyendo »