Asses Bearing Gold: Of Neo-Cons and Nabobs

By Chris Floyd

Under Bush II, the neo-cons were brought in as shock troops; their mindless zealotry was a perfect tool for implementing the plans drawn up by the real players in the new regime: Cheney's notorious "Energy Task Force" and the much lesser-known "Joint Task Force on Petroleum" formed by the Council on Foreign Relations and - who else? - the James Baker Institute at Rice University.

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