[A-List] Ascendancy of a lunatic fringe

["Ralph Johansen" <michele@xxxxxxxx>]

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They're worth passing on, and I'd like to credit the source.
Thanks
Ralph

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September 2, 2002

The Men From JINSA and CSP
by JASON VEST


Almost thirty years ago, a prominent group of neoconservative hawks found
an effective vehicle for advocating their views via the Committee on the
Present Danger, a group that fervently believed the United States was a
hair away from being militarily surpassed by the Soviet Union, and whose
raison d'être was strident advocacy of bigger military budgets,
near-fanatical opposition to any form of arms control and zealous
championing of a Likudnik Israel. Considered a marginal group in its
nascent days during the Carter Administration, with the election of Ronald
Reagan in 1980 CPD went from the margins to the center of power.
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