IS LOU DOBBS A NEO-CON?

He sounded like one last week when he talked about Israel. First he claimed Israel was "a beacon unto the world." This phrase seems to adapted from the Old Testament:

Isaiah 42:6
Revised Standard version
I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations.

He next repeated a familiar wingnut refrain: Israel is the "only democracy in the Middle East." Here we have another example of a conservative narrative breaking down because conservatives claim as one of the justifications for the Iraq War the bringing of democracy to the Iraq people.