As American Jewish writer Stanley Heller pointed out in the days prior to the attack on Iraq: “We owe to to Americans to tell them the whole truth, that part of the war drive is being fueled by a wacko militarist clique from Israel and its interlocking bands of American Jewish and Christian supporters.”
 Professor Paul Gottfried, an American Jewish academic, who calls himself a “conservative” but objects strenuously to the activities of the self-styled “Neo-conservatives.” Wrote: “No one who is sane is claiming that all Jews are collaborating with Neo-conservative pro-war leaders such as Richard Perle and William Kristol. What is being correctly observed is a convergence of interests in which Neo-conservatives have played a pivotal role. At this point they control almost all “conservative” think tanks, the “conservative” TV channel pro-Zionist billionaire Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post and several major presses, together with just about every magazine that claims to be conservative.”
 Often called “the Prince of Darkness” Richard Perle (Jewish) has been active in pro-Israel causes in official Washington since the mid 1970's when he was an aide aide to the powerful Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Washington), a leading congressional supporter of Israel. During this period of time, Perle was investigated on charges of espionage for Israel. Later Perle became a lobbyist for Israel arms interest and was eventually appointed by President Ronald Reagan to a key post in the Department of Defense.
 When George W. Bush assumed the presidency, he named Perle to the Defense Policy Board, a little known but influential advisory board. Which he resigned from after allegations of conflict of interests.
 William Kristol (Jewish) , the son of Irving Kristol who has been described as the “godfather” of the Neo-conservative movement, parlayed his fathers connections into a post as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle who served under the first President Bush.
 After the Bush-Quayle defeat by Bill Clinton in 1992 the younger Kristol managed to become the best known voice of the “Neo-conservative” movement.
 The following people are considered members of the “War Party”  also called “ Israel's Amen Corner”, most are Jewish.
 Gary Bauer: A long time satellite of Irving Kristol and his son William. (They share a vacation condominium) Bauer has been a strong and unswerving  advocate for Israel inside the American “Christian Right” movement through his leadership of the Family Research Council.
 William J. Bennett: Bennett's entire career in official Washington has come with the patronage of the Kristol family. From being chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the secretary of education under President Ronald Reagan and then as “drug czar” under President H.W. Bush. Bennett is co-director of a Kristol-sponsered “think-tank” known as Empower America, founded in 1991.
 Eliot Cohen: Is the director of the Center for Strategic Education at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Cohen is the author of a book devoted to the subject of Israel's security revolution.
 Thomas Donnelly: The deputy director of William Kristol's Project for the New American Century and former executive editor of the National Interest, a neo-conservative journal founded by Kristol's father, Irving Kristol.
 Hillel Fradkin: An outspoken Zionist who is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and an adjunct professor of government at Georgetown University.  Fradkin is the Washington director of the Israel-based Shalem Center which describes itself as a “research institute for Jewish and Israel social thought.” William Kristol has been associated with this foundation and continues to be a major player in directing its affairs.
 Frank Gaffney: Is the “hawkish” director of the Center for Security Policy, a Washington think-tank known for what has been described as support for “extreme ring-wing Israeli causes” which includes Richard Perle on its board of advisors.
 Reuel Marc Gerecht: A former Middle East specialist in the CIA's directorate of operations (black ops) division. Grerecht's writing is featured in Kristol-associated publications and is a protege of Richard Perle.
 Donald Kagan: A widely-published historian with an interest in the history of warfare and an advocate of flexing American military power world wide. Kagan is a professor of classics and history at Yale University.
 Robert Kagan: Is the son of Donald Kagan and the director of William's Kristol's Project for the New American Century; a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a contributing editor of Kristol's Weekly Standard and a monthly article for the Washington Post which pushes a staunch pro-Israel line and advocates U.S. Meddling abroad.
 Charles Krauthammer: A well known “talking head” and nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist, was also trained as a psychiatrist. Seems obsessed with devoting all of his waking hours writing and talking about the need for the U.S to devote its energies to the preservation of Israel and the destruction of Israel's enemies. His venom for critics of Israel is perhaps unmatched.
 The above is a short list of individuals who have been pushing the United States into war in the Middle East since the seventies.
 However the American military leadership did not agree with the Neo-conservatives that an invasion of Iraq would either result in a mass uprising by the Iraqi people against Saddam or that the rest of the Arab world would sit back with satisfaction. The American military did not want to fight the war in the first place. The military leadership saw no need for the United States to enter into conflict with Iraq, viewing such a war as contrary to American national interests.
 The idea that the American military leadership somehow favored the war with Iraq was a myth that was widely being propagated by the neo-conservative pro-Israel propaganda network in official Washington with the active support of the pro-Israel elements in the American media.
