As some of you might have concluded, many, though not all, of these neocons are Jewish. Mentioning that, of course, gets you called an anti-Semite, but what is relevant here is not that they are Jews, but that they are people who are unusually ardent supporters of Israel.
Clearly, their passionate support of Israel influenced their policy positions vis-a-vis Iraq, Syria and Iran. According to Cole’s article [yes, that’s Juan Cole]— which is excellent, as is his blog — Chalabi won over the neocons by promising that if he came to power in Iraq, he would recognize Israel.

Do newspapers actually run Charley Reese?