[PEN-L:36224] Perle before Swine

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Title: Perle before Swine

I read somewhere that Perle was an advisor to the late Senator from Boeing, Henry "Scoop" Jackson. There were a lot of the Cold War liberal/right-wing social democrat/Zionist contingent in Jackson's coterie. Was Perle one of them?

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Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
stop the war now!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: k hanly [mailto:khanly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:12 AM
> To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PEN-L:36223] Re: Falling perles
>
>
> I dont see how it removes a layer of political safety. Perle
> is a loose
> cannon. He makes critics' case for them. The fifth estate on
> CBC had an
> excellent documentary on the origins of the Iraq war and the
> basic policies
> of the New American Century. Perle was interviewed and
> confirmed exactly
> many points that the documentary was trying to make. He seems
> blissfully
> unaware or doesnt care what effect his remarks will have on
> his audience. He
> needs a spin control minder to censor him all the time.
>
> Cheers, Ken Hanly
>
> PS I hope some of you saw the Road to Kandahar last night on CBC. An
> excellent documentary. A brave woman she confronted men who
> were trying to
> stop her from filming women who took off their burqas in the
> univesity she
> was visiting. They put them back on when they went outside. She even
> criticised General Dostum to his face.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Burford" <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 2:23 AM
> Subject: [PEN-L:36217] Falling perles
>
>
> > The stated excuse for Perle's resignation as the guru of
> arrogant cynical
> > US unilateralism, is likely merely to be a relatively
> face-saving formula
> > that allows him to cooperate in his resignation. What we
> have to see is
> how
> > far he loses in prestige.
> >
> > Perle lost many televised debates in the UK prior to the
> outbreak of war
> by
> > his offensive manner and I would guess this resignation
> will mean he will
> > get fewer invitations.
> >
> > His fall also removes a layer of political safety around Rumsfeld.
> >
> > Interesting timing in connection with the summit. The Brits
> are highly
> > likely to have been interested in his demise. They could at
> least have
> > suggested a resignation now would be the best way to bury
> bad news. But it
> > is not totally impossible that his fall was one of the
> hidden conditions
> of
> > the Bush Blair summit. I speculate, but it is within the
> scope of the
> > conflict of political forces at the Camp David meeting.
> >
> > Rejoice!
> >
> > Chris Burford
> > London
> >
> >
> >
> > At 2003-03-27 22:28 -0500, Paul wrote:
> > >What's this?:
> > >
> > >The Guardian, March 28:
> > >...
> > >
> > >Richard Perle, one of the key architects of the war on
> Iraq, has quit as
> > >chairman of a group which advises Donald Rumsfeld on policy issues.
> > >
> > >Perle, a former Pentagon appointee and one of the most
> high- profile
> > >proponents of the war, offered to resign in a letter to
> the US Defence
> > >Secretary.
> > >
> > >His departure follows criticism of his roles as a
> corporate adviser and
> > >Defence Department consultant. Perle said: "As I cannot
> quickly or easily
> > >quell criticism of me based on errors of fact concerning
> my activities,
> > >the least I can do under these circumstances is to ask you
> to accept my
> > >resignation as chairman of the Defence Policy Board."
> > >
> >
>
>