The Mighty Wurlitzer Plays Souza, Too

Taking a page from Poppy’s successful “they’re ripping the babies from the incubators” PR effort in Gulf War I, President Rove created a group called the Committee For An Independent Iraq. It’s run by a bunch of PNAC neocons and gullible front men (like Bob Kerrey) to “sell” the war, particularly to the Europeans, which explains why a US lobbyist helped draft Eastern Europeans’ Iraq statement

From the W. Post:While the Iraq committee is an independent entity, committee officers said they expect to work closely with the administration. They already have met with Hadley and Bush political adviser Karl Rove. Committee officers and a White House spokesman said Rice, Hadley and Cheney will soon meet with the group.

This article from November 2, 2002 in the Asia Times lays out the history and connections of the “Committee.”

It’s always the same names and the same faces. And unsurprisingly, the much vaunted Eastern European statement of support, the document for which Chirac has been excoriated for taking the “New Europeans” to task over, turns out to be another Neocon/Rove sell job.