Aaron Klein: Neocons 'dangerously wrong' on Middle East

By WND Staff
Published April 3, 2011 at 6:29pm

Aaron Klein

On his show on New York's WABC Radio, Aaron Klein took aim at the neoconservative movement, the ideology that proposes using American economic and military power to bring democracy and freedom to other countries.

The movement was said to have been heavily influential in the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq and Afghanistan.

Prominent neoconservative leader Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, recently has championed the international coalition bombing Libya, dubbing President Obama a "born-again neocon" for the U.S. leader's decision to attack Libyan positions.

Klein, WND's Jerusalem Bureau chief, argued the neoconservative movement, while perhaps well-intentioned, has been proven wrong time and again and has done more harm than good.

Klein contends the movement may be a threat to American security interests, including its recommendations for U.S. policy on Israel.

Stated Klein: "I am calling for a new foreign policy in America, not based on Bill Kristol's fantasy of spreading democracy throughout the world, but based on reality."

The segment of Klein's show where he details his argument can be heard below:

"The neoconservative movement – people like Bill Kristol – do need to be kept as far away as possible from the America decision-making process and from foreign policy," Klein concludes. "They have wrecked the Middle East."