> GWB didn't strike me as someone who could come up with the idea of prolonged Mideast conflict on his own. This was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_

> GWB didn't strike me as someone who could come up with the idea of prolonged Mideast conflict on his own. This was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_C... , the "Project 2025" of its time. They're the ones really responsible for the Iraq war, but they never got the Iran War they really wanted.