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Project for the Republican Future, 88
Promise Keepers, 183
Proportionality principle: in Gulf War I, 827; just-war theory and, 128
Prosper, Pierre-Richard, 811, 814
Protestants. See also Evangelical Protestants: Christian Zionism and, 142–147; Iraq War supported by, 153–157
Psychological operations, marketing of Iraq war with, 631–634
Puckett, Neal A., 528
Putin, Vladimir, 34, 382, 392
Qassem, Abdul Karim, 658
Qathafi, Muammar, 31
Qazzaz, Ayad S. Al-, 646–657
Quayle, Dan, 112, 258
Qureishi, Mohammed, 732–733
Racak massacre, 55
Racism, war on terror and aspects of, 377
Radio Free Europe, 34
Raimondo, Justin, 93–94, 110–124
Ramadan, Taha Yassin, 714–715
Ramadani, Sami, 708, 778
Rambouillet accord, 136n.1
Rampton, Sheldon, 584–603, 830–839
Rand, Ayn, 176
Raphaeli, Nimrod, 658
“Rapture” movement, 145–146
Raspberry, William, 504
Rasul, Shafiq, 442
Rasul v. Bush, 443–444, 460–467, 470, 473–474, 480, 483
Rather, Dan, 588
Ratner, Michael, 547–548, 820–829
Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal, 356
Rawi, Bisher al-, 487
Readership Institute, 593–594
Reagan, Ronald, 79, 115, 158, 577, 582, 583n.1
“Reasonable hope of success” principle, just-war theory and, 128
ReBuilding Iraq 2 conference, 187–190, 192
Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative
Movement, 113
Record, Jeffrey, 308–327
Red Dawn, 692–693
“Red Zone” stories as Iraq war marketing tool, 629–630
Reed, Jack, 349
Reed, Ralph, 138–139, 142n.1, 158–159
Rees, Matthew, 112
Reese, Charley, 354
Regional strategies, military need for, 217–220
Regner, Michael, 709
Regnery, Henry, 178
Reich, Wilhelm, 211
Reid, Richard, 420
Rendon, John, 610–611, 635, 637–640
Rendon Group, 240, 254, 610–611, 637–640, 832–833
Republic, Not an Empire, A, 113
Republican Guard (Iraq), 11, 256–257
Republican Party: Catholic links to, 177–179; Christian Zionists and, 156–157; neoconservative links to, 113
ReseauVoltaire.net (website), 411
Resistance movement in Iraq: Ba'ath party as source of, 713–718; economic effects of, 752–755; foreign fighters in, 729–734; future predictions concerning, 755–759; growing strength of, 723–725; increases in, 725–734; Iraqi army impacted by, 743–752; media coverage of, 688–713; military equipment losses by U.S. and, 741; military recruiting in U.S. and, 737–741; peace initiatives from, 757n.2; possible U.S. loss of war and, 734–737; Saddam's links to, 713–717; statistics on, 722–725; Sunni Triangle as center of, 718–721; U.S. military casualties and, 742–743
Responsibility to Protect, The, 366–367
Rice, Condoleeza: assessments of Iraq by, 281–282; confirmation hearings of, xvi-xvii; on deterrence policies, 325; on elections in Iraq, 760; foreign policy views by, 91–93; Iraq war buildup and, 251–252, 280; Saddam-al-Qaeda link claimed by, 202, 291; on Saddam Hussein, 96–97; “Vulcans” group and, 251; war on terror-Iraq war link made by, 319
Rich, Frank, 505
Rich, Marc, 263
“Right intention principle,” just-war theory and, 128
Rikabi, Fu'ad al-, 720
Rise of the Vulcans, 94
Ritter, Scott, ixx-xxiii, 713, 736
Rivera, Geraldo, 600
Rives, Jack, 508
Robb, Chuck, 305
Robberson, Tod, 731
Robbins, Carla Anne, 47
Roberts, Craig, 736–737
Roberts, John, 372
Roberts, Pat: intelligence investigations by, 271–272, 276, 278, 282, 283n.1, 284, 288, 290–291, 296; prisoner abuse investigations and, 522; yellowcake uranium controversy and, 498
Robertson, James, 471n.2, 480–482
Robertson, Pat, 126, 142, 159
Robinson, William I., 769–770
Rockefeller, David, 403
Rockefeller, Jay, 498, 522
Rockford Institute, 112
Rockwell, Lew, 771
Rodman, Peter, 257
Rogue states: deterrence and non-proliferation agreements with, 324–327; WMD and terrorism conflated with, 321–324
Roland missiles, fabrications concerning, 624–626
Romero, Anthony D., 527
Romero, Archbishop, 48
Rona, Garber, 420–441
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 13, 72
Roosevelt, Theodore, 71
Ropp, Theodore, 213–214
Rose, Michael, 177–178
Rosenblatt, Peter, 73
Rosenthal, A. M., 86
Ross, Thomas, 834
Rothbard, Murray, 174–176
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 65
Rove, Karl, Plamegate and, 501–504
Rowse, Arthur, 834–835
Roy, Edmond, 744n.2
Royal, Robert, 129
Royal Air Force, 25
Rule of Law. See also International law: Geneva Conventions and, 553–561; trial of Saddam Hussein and, 797–817
Rumaydh, Badr al-, 24
Rumsfeld, Donald: Abu Ghraib scandal and, 349, 533–536, 543–546; American Empire ideology of, 181, 183; anti-French allegations by, 625–626; Bush Sr. and, 343; Christian Zionists and, 156; critics attacked by, 635; cruise missile strikes in Iraq and, 6; Defense Department under, 200, 264–266, 283–284; Defense Policy Board and, 258; on democracy in Iraq, 760; destruction of military by, 203–207; euro-dollar conflict and, 412–413; Guantánamo detentions and, 510n.2, 533–536, 546; Hussein coup attempts and, 8; Iraqi acquisition of U.S. uniforms story and, 622–623; Iraqi resistance movement minimized by, 688–713; Iraq war buildup and, 251–252, 257, 260, 276; Jessica Lynch story and, 615–616; military recruiting declines and, 740; misuse of intelligence by, 283–284, 299; on nation-building, 686; neoconservative policies of, 94; possible U.S. loss of war denied by, 735n.1; prisoner abuse investigations and, 525–529; prisoner execution fabrications and, 627–628; Project for a New American Century and, 7–8, 89; psychological operations used by, 631–634; “Red Zone” stories and, 629–630; Saddam-al-Qaeda links claim of, 280–281; Saddam visited by, 661–662; Special Access Program and, 536–543; Speicher case and, 620; on troop reductions in Iraq, 568; on war on terrorism, 99–100; petition for writ of habeas corpus served on, 799–807
Russell, Bertrand, 821
Russert, Tim, 760
Russia. See also Soviet Union: American hegemony ideology and, 391–397; dollar reserves of, 415
Rutherford International insurance company, 190
Rwanda: International Criminal Tribunal on, 430–431; UN response to, 367
Ryn, Claes, 18, 62–79
Sabar, Ariel, 603
Sabri, Naji, 681–682
Sadik, Ahmad, 713–715
Sadler, Steven, 190
Sadr, Muqtada al-: Catholic Church and, 359; Iraqi electoral politics and, 772
Safire, William, 86, 111; Defense Department talking points from, 202; Plamegate and, 504
St. Clair, Jeffrey, 3–11
Sakhem, Sam, 832–833
Sale, Kirkpatrick, 180–184
Salih, Roshan Muhammed, 704–705
Salman Pak training facility, allegations concerning, 618–619
Salon.com (website), 498, 503
Samurai, Ayham al-, 757n.2
Sanchez, Ricardo: Abu Ghraib scandal and, 516–517, 520, 526, 535, 539, 546; civilian detentions in Iraq
and, 508; Iraq war buildup and, 240
Sanctions against Iraq: economic impact of, 15, 204; infrastructure impact of, 4–6; legal issues concerning, 824–829; Powell's support for, 257
Sanctions Committee, 5
Sanger, David, 619
Sarandon, Susan, 592
Saudi Arabia: autocracy in, 321; decline of U.S. hegemony in, 393–397, 653; dollar fiat money agreement with, 405–408; removal of U.S. bases from, 201, 203–204, 651, 657
Savage, Michael, 590
Sawyer, Diane, 830
Scalia, Antonin, 462
Scheer, Robert, 696–697
Scheiber, Jane and Harry, 449n.1
Scheuer, Michael, 693–695, 700–701, 705
Schieffer, Bob, 276
Schlamm, Willi, 175–176
Schlesinger, Arthur, 51
Schlesinger, James, 35
Schlesinger Report on civilian detainees, 518–521, 534–536, 541, 552
Schmidt-Furlow report, 521, 531–532
Schmitt, Eric, 565–573
Schmitt, Gary, 257, 265–266
Schoomaker, Peter, 739
Schori, Pierre, 635
Schultz, Roger, 738
Schwarzkopf, Norman, 87
Scofield, Cyrus I., 146–147
Scofield Reference Bible, 146–147
“Scorpions” paramilitary force, 2
Scott-Clark, Cathy, 551–552
Scowcroft, Brent, 35, 91, 107; Bush Sr. and, 10; on Israel, 299; resistance to Iraq war from, 242, 280, 495, 502
Scud missiles, alleged Iraqi possession of, 623
Scully, Matthew, 112
Seale, Patrick, 711n.3, 722–723, 731–732
Second Front, The, 836
Secularism: Christian Zionists' opposition to, 142–143; Zionism and, 138–139
Seeman, Neil, 112–114
Self-defense: Chomsky's discussion of, 43–53, 58–59; UN Charter on, 362–365
Senate Intelligence Committee, corruption of intelligence investigation of, 281–283
September 11, 2001, attacks: American hegemony ideology following, 64, 182–184; Bush response to, 8–9, 104, 182, 281–282, 293–294, 313; fabricated Iraqi links to, 202; foreign nationals detained following, 445n.2; Guantánamo detention center formed after, 443; Iraqi War influenced by, 8–9, 80–109, 182, 258–261, 281–282, 293–294; Israel's view of, 98–99; just-war doctrine and, 420; nationalist attitudes after, 10, 63–64, 67, 279; neoconservatives galvanized by, 99–109, 114–116, 258, 389–397; nuclear weapons policies following, 322–323; public reaction to, 108–109; Rumsfeld's memos after, 8; Saddam Hussein linked to, 111, 258–259, 261–262, 280–281; U.S.-Israel relations affected by, 80, 98
Serbia, bombings of, 53–55, 113, 377
Sewage systems, Gulf War bombings' effect on, 3–4
Shachtman, Max, 115
Shafer, Jack, 571
Shahak, Israel, 85, 216
Shah of Iran, 31
Shahwani, Abdullah, 723–725
Shamir, Israel, 158, 211, 216–217
Shamsi, Hina, 549
Shandal, Abdel Hussein, 758n.2
Shanker, Albert, 73
Shanker, Thorn, 565–573
Shapiro, Bruce, 372
Sharon, Ariel, 97–98, 116, 118, 159; Bush and, 299–300; Defense Department ties to, 284; terrorism linked to, 317
Shattan, Joseph, 112
Sheen, Martin, 592
Shelton, Hugh, 251
Shibh, Ramzi bin al-, 698–699
Shibli, Hashim al-, 792–793
Shiites: civil strife in Iraq and, 791–793; in Iraqi Army, 744–752; Iraqi electoral politics and, 767, 790–793; as Iraqi resistance fighters, 719n.1, 720–721; Iraq partition plan and, 655–657; in Wolf Brigade, 732–733
Shinseki, Eric, 241
Shukri, Ali, 771–772
Shulsky, Abram, 200–202, 265–266, 272, 283
Shultz, George, 52, 251
Sieff, Martin, 752–753
Sigalos, George, 193
Signal, The, 530, 535, 539
Silberman, Lawrence, 305
Simon Wiesenthal Center, 139
Simpson, Cam, 188n.1
Singer, Max, 257
Singh, Anupama Rao, 31–32
SISMI (Italian security service), 495–497
Sistani, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-, 359, 721, 767; Iraq electoral results for, 783–784
Situation ethics theory, just-war doctrine and, 130
Sivitz, Jeremy, 528
Six-Day War, 133, 142
60 Minutes television program: Suskind and O'Neill interview on, 15–16; Zinni interview on, 119–120
Slate.com (online magazine), 571
Sleiman, Youssef, 188–189
Sleimann, Jean-Benjamin (Bishop), 359
Slevin, Peter, 95
Small Wars, Their Principles and Practice, 318
Smith, Dan, 508–552
Smith, Douglas, 739
Smith, Michael, 2
Smith-Mundt Act, 641
Smyth, Gareth, 701–703
Sniegoski, Stephen J., 80–109, 248
Sobran, Joe, 114, 176–177
Social Contract, The, 65
Sociology, military education and, 210–211
Sodano, Angelo Cardinal, 658
Sofer, Arnon, 97
Sola fide doctrine, 162n.1
Sola gratia doctrine, 162n.1
Solarz, Stephen, 86, 257
Sola Scriptura doctrine, 143–147, 161–163
Soldier and the State, The, 210, 213
Solomon, Norman, 689–690, 835
Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, 500
Sorensen, Erik, 588, 597
Sovereignty, 54; Guantánamo base detentions and issue of, 455–459, 462, 471n.1; history in Iraq of, 19–26
Soviet Union. See also Russia: Bretton Woods Gold Exchange system and, 400–402; collapse of, 72; nonproliferation treaties with, 337–338; post-cold war imperative and, 71–77
Sowell, Thomas, 420–441
Spanish-American War, U.S. occupation of Cuba, 455–456
Spatial disorientation, 451
Special Access Program (SAP), investigations into, 536–543
“Special Operation Forces Standard Operating Procedures,” 541
Special Operations Consulting Security Management Group, Inc., 721
Speicher, Scott, 620
Spence Publishing, 176–177
Stafford, J. Francis Cardinal, 355
Stahl, Leslie, 15
Standard Oil of California, 652
Stand for Israel, 152n.4, 155–156
State Department (U.S.): American military and, 217–220; Arabic websites critiqued by, 727n.3; Information Collection Program and, 266–269; neoconservative dominance of, 201; opposition to Iraq war in, 257, 260–261; yellowcake uranium controversy and, 494–495
State-sponsored terrorism, 50, 316–317
Stauber, John, 584–603, 830–839
Steigerwald, Bill, 121–122
Stein, Jeff, 267
Steinberg, Jeff, 490–504
Stern, Jessica, 309, 326
Stewart, Derek, 739
Stoics, just-war theory and, 127
Stomberg, Vivian, 760
Stop-loss orders for U.S. military, 739–741
Strate, Gerhard, 699
Strategic influence campaign in Iraq war, 605–642; absence of coverage as tool for, 635; alleged Iraqi acquisition of U.S. military uniforms, 622–623; anti-French disinformation campaign and, 624–626; attacks on critics as part of, 635; audiences targeted in, 635–636; black propaganda techniques in, 632–624; capture of 507th troops story, 628–629; characterization of actions in, 613; cluster bombs stories and, 621; dirty bombs as issue in, 619; “Fedayeen” death squads story, 616–617; future use of, 640–642; government personnel involved in, 636–640; imagebuilding strategies in, 617–618; Iraqi acquisition of uniforms story and, 622–623; Jessica Lynch story and, 603, 614–616; operation code name assessments in, 613; prisoner execution fabr
ications in, 627–628; psychological operations in, 631–634; “Red Zone” stories and, 629–630; remotely piloted vehicles story in, 623–624; ricin poison factory allegations and, 618; Salman Pak training facility allegations and, 618–619; Scud missile “threat” story, 622; Shula district bombing story, 628; Speicher incident and, 620; terrorism theme of, 617; Voice of America as tool of, 634; white flag incident and, 626–627
Strauss, Leo, 265
Straw, Jack, 278–279
Suárez, Francisco, just-war theory and, 127
Suicide attacks, media coverage of, 727–734
Sulzberger, Arthur Jr., 505
“Summary execution” principle, 435n.1
Sunday Times of London, 278
Sunnis: civil strife in Iraq and, 792–793; Iraq partition plan and, 655–657; political participation by, 757n.2; resistance fighters drawn from, 718–721; Wolf Brigade treatment of, 744
Supersessionism, 146
Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), 732n.5; hatred of Saddam by, 758n.2; in Iraqi Army, 744; Iraqi electoral politics and, 769; post-election unrest in Iraq and, 787–793
Supreme Court of the United States: Guantánamo detainees rulings by, 444–445, 460–463, 460n.1, 477–482, 549–550; Johnson
v. Eisentrager case and, 454–455; Miller and Cooper case and, 500–504; Rasul v. Bush case, 460–463; trial of Saddam Hussein and petition served upon, 799–807
Supreme National Commission for De-Ba'athification, 718
Suskind, Ron: on Bush's Iraq war buildup, 251–252; 60 Minutes in terview with, 15–16
Sykes, Mark, 23
Syria: Defense Department goals concerning, 201, 203; Kurds in, 655; Lebanon and, 50, 764; oil flow through, 652–653; resistance fighters in, 711–712
Syria Accountability Act, 50–51
Taft, Robert A., 113, 115, 117
Taguba, Antonio, 517–519, 521
Talabani, Jalal, 789–790
Taliban: Geneva Convention protections of, 439–440, 510n.2; Iranian ties to, 31; members as POWs, 436–438; oppression of women by, 611; overthrow of, 57; Pakistan's support of, 341; U.S. negotiations with, 380
Talkingpointsmemo.com (website), 495
Taluto, Joseph, 732
Tandja, Mamadou, 494
Tauran, Jean-Louis, 355, 662
Taylor, Scott, 703
Taylor, Telford, 43–44
Television news. See also Media coverage: internet vs., 702n.3; Iraq war coverage in, 585–603
Tenet, George: bogus WMD claims and, 251, 258–259, 281, 295; Cheney and, 286; “Curveball” intelligence source and, 286, 290–291; Deutch and, 286; misuse of intelligence by, 268–270, 273–275, 277, 280, 284–285; National Intelligence Estimate manipulation and, 293–294; politicization of the CIA and, 289; resignation of, 282–283; Rumsfeld and, 301; yellowcake uranium controversy and, 495–496, 499