Neocons selling Saddam chemical weapons? Who were these Neocons? Whatever Saddam was given by the US, its purpose was to help take down Iran.

I can only guess that the Neocons chose to support the lesser of two evils in this time period, but certainly Saddam had no use for Israel even then. But who cares. He was being used to attain American foreign policy goals, and the takedown of Iran was one, supported by Israel.

Still, I just don't believe that Walt's thesis can be so simply contradicted. It is almost impossible to name a prominent Neocon who is not a strong Israelophile and whose positions are not supportive of Israel in every way, or should I say, the right wing way. Neocons are Likudniks, pure and simple, from Perle on down, as evident in A Clean Break.