Barbarians Inside the Gates

A News and Opinion Journal ~ Published in Erie County, Pennsylvania

Who are the War Agitators?
Col. Donn De Grand Pre (Army-Ret.)

Richard Perle is a madman, totally out of control, possessed by
the forces of darkness. Perle is a world class propagandist and
absolute master of the big lie. Perle is the Prince of Darkness, t
he most evil man on the face of the earth...

Thus spake Jude Wanniski. Although occasionally uttering invectives in his articles, they
are well laced with objective truth. Besides being a superlative wordsmith, Wanniski is
also known as a very savvy supply side investor.

In a scathing article of 21 Feb. 2002, Jude inveighs against the base perfidy of one
Richard Perle:

Perle has an uncanny ability to 'cloud men's minds,' like the Shadow of yore, and, over
the years, he has not only clouded the mind of defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but
also of a great many world leaders. Perle loves not only war, but war against small
countries that can be easily squashed by America's military might. He has a long list in
his pocket of those he proposes to squash after he takes care of Iraq.

Perle, of course, is not alone in vying for the title of "the most evil man on the face of the
earth." He has a lot of competition in such of his neo-con colleagues as Paul Wolfowitz,
Zibgniew Brezezinski, Henry Kissinger, Richard Armitage, and Eliot Abrams. We know
them collectively as neo-conservatives and recognize them as ardent backers of the
Israel First clique.

I have known many of these madmen personally and have worked with them at various
levels while serving as one of the chief arms negotiators for both secretaries of defense,
Bob McNamara and Mel Laird. Individually, these men can be tolerated, but, believe me,
a collective clique of ambitious neo-cons, such as those currently assembled in my old
office of International Security Affairs (ISA), can be very dangerous indeed.

As Patrick J. Buchanan so boldly stated: "A neoconservative clique seeks to ensnare our
country in a series of wars that are not in America's interest." He added that [T]he War
Party's Plan...has been in preparation far in advance of 9-11." (The American
Conservative -24 March 2003)

Buchanan is at his best when asking such pithy questions as "Whose War?" and "Which
War?" and "Was the official version of 9-11 a gigantic hoax?" Pat was one of the first
national columnists who told it exactly like it was: "We are told our enemy is Osama bin
Laden, but, the war crimes of {11 September} were carried out by men who live among
us. The enemy is already inside the gates." (LA Times 21 September 2001)

Excerpts from Barbarians Inside The Gates, The Rattler's Revenge by Col. Donn De Grand Pre
(Army-Ret.) Published 2003 by Grand Pre Publishers, Ltd. PO Box 1124 Madison, VA 22727 USA
Reprinted by permission