THE HAWKS: U.S./Israeli Foreign Policy 101



PENTAGON AIDE SAYS GERMAN "NO" ON IRAQ WAR EQUALS SUPPORT FOR SADDAM



BERLIN (AFP) - Top Pentagon advisor Richard Perle said in an interview Tuesday that a German "no" to strikes against Baghdad on the UN Security Council would be akin to backing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.



Following months of simmering tensions over German opposition to military action against Baghdad, Perle told Germany's daily Die Welt that if Berlin were to use its non-permanent seat on the Security Council from January to vote against a war, it would be "catastrophic" for transatlantic relations.



"If a chancellor refuses to support even a UN-led action, one can only see that as de facto support for Saddam Hussein," Perle said in comments printed in German...




It's pretty clear that Richard Perle, chairman of the Defense Policy Board at the Pentagon, hasn't mellowed since his days of penning peace for the Israeli think tank, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies.



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