A Less Kind, Less Gentle Environmentalism [1]
Submitted by Diane Farsetta [2] on
What do the Committee on the Present Danger [3] and the Natural Resources Defense Council [4] have in common? They both endorse Set America Free [5], an "energy security" plan put forward by the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security and other conservative think tanks [6]. Now, "many of the leading neoconservatives [7] who pushed hard for the Iraq war are going green." Prius owner James Woolsey [8] and bio-fuel enthusiast Frank Gaffney [9], among others, "want to weaken the Saudis, the Iranians, and the Syrians while also strengthening the Israelis. Whether these ends are achieved with M-16s or hybrid automobiles doesn't seem to matter to them."