Former Israeli officials in the U.S. government

Who benefits from invading and occupying Iraq? Are Americans defending U.S. national security, or the security of our colonial outpost in the Arab World? This interview discusses the neoconservative Zionist cabal of the Bush administration who beat the drums for our illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. Thanks to snowshoefilms for conducting the original interview and videography.

Since 1973, Israel has cost the United States about $1.6 trillion.

This is an estimate by Thomas Stauffer, a consulting economist in Washington. For decades, his analyses of the Middle East scene have made him a frequent thorn in the side of the Israel lobby.

For the first time in many years, Mr. Stauffer has tallied the total cost to the US of its backing of Israel in its drawn-out, violent dispute with the Palestinians. So far, he figures, the bill adds up to more than twice the cost of the Vietnam War.

Written back in 2002, while trillions of dollars was being scammed out of Americans, a lot of that money MADOFF to Israel. So add another 5 trillion or so to the original figure.

Add in the 2.3 trillion that disappeared on 'Rabbi' Dov Zakheims' watch at the Pentagon.

Add in the trillions we've spent killing Muslims since the MOSSAD-CIA false-flag of 9/11.

The war in Iraq was conceived by 25 neoconservative intellectuals, most of them Jewish, who are pushing President Bush to change the course of history. Two of them, journalists William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer, say it's possible.

What is the war about?....It is being fought to consolidate a new world order, to create a new Middle East.

[Tom] Friedman laughs: I could give you the names of 25 people (all of whom are at this moment within a five-block radius of this office) who, if you had exiled them to a desert island a year and a half ago, the Iraq war would not have happened.

The real reason why the U.S. continues its presence in Afghanistan is Iran -- the country which is an annoyance for Israel, says Karen Kwiatkowski, a writer and former U.S. Air Force officer.